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Chapter 28

           Ontheotherhand,toliberateasuitorpreferredbytheLadyRowena,astheeventsofthetournament,andindeedWilfred’spreviousbanishmentfromhisfather’shouse,hadmadematterofnotoriety,wasapitchfarabovetheflightofDeBracy’sgenerosity.Amiddlecoursebetwixtgoodandevilwasallwhichhefoundhimselfcapableofadopting,andhecommandedtwoofhisownsquirestokeepclosebythelitter,andtosuffernoonetoapproachit.Ifquestioned,theyweredirectedbytheirmastertosay,thattheemptylitteroftheLadyRowenawasemployedtotransportoneoftheircomradeswhohadbeenwoundedinthescuffle.OnarrivingatTorquilstone,whiletheKnightTemplarandthelordofthatcastlewereeachintentupontheirownschemes,theoneontheJew’streasure,andtheotheronhisdaughter,DeBracy’ssquiresconveyedIvanhoe,stillunderthenameofawoundedcomrade,toadistantapartment.ThisexplanationwasaccordinglyreturnedbythesementoFront-de-Boeuf,whenhequestionedthemwhytheydidnotmakeforthebattlementsuponthealarm.

           "Awoundedcompanion!"herepliedingreatwrathandastonishment."Nowonderthatchurlsandyeomenwaxsopresumptuousaseventolayleaguerbeforecastles,andthatclownsandswineherdssenddefiancestonobles,sincemen-at-armshaveturnedsickmen’snurses,andFreeCompanionsaregrownkeepersofdyingfolk’scurtains,whenthecastleisabouttobeassailed

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