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Chapter 5

           Heworeahighsquareyellowcapofapeculiarfashion,assignedtohisnationtodistinguishthemfromChristians,andwhichhedoffedwithgreathumilityatthedoorofthehall.

           ThereceptionofthispersoninthehallofCedrictheSaxon,wassuchasmighthavesatisfiedthemostprejudicedenemyofthetribesofIsrael.CedrichimselfcoldlynoddedinanswertotheJew’srepeatedsalutations,andsignedtohimtotakeplaceatthelowerendofthetable,where,however,nooneofferedtomakeroomforhim.Onthecontrary,ashepassedalongthefile,castingatimidsupplicatingglance,andturningtowardseachofthosewhooccupiedthelowerendoftheboard,theSaxondomesticssquaredtheirshoulders,andcontinuedtodevourtheirsupperwithgreatperseverance,payingnottheleastattentiontothewantsofthenewguest.TheattendantsoftheAbbotcrossedthemselves,withlooksofpioushorror,andtheveryheathenSaracens,asIsaacdrewnearthem,curleduptheirwhiskerswithindignation,andlaidtheirhandsontheirponiards,asifreadytoridthemselvesbythemostdesperatemeansfromtheapprehendedcontaminationofhisnearerapproach.

           ProbablythesamemotiveswhichinducedCedrictoopenhishalltothissonofarejectedpeople,wouldhavemadehiminsistonhisattendantsreceivingIsaacwithmorecourtesy.

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