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Chapter 42

           ThereshestandstoavouchitNay,blushnot,kinswoman,thereisnoshameinlovingacourtlyknightbetterthanacountryfranklinanddonotlaughneither,Rowena,forgrave-clothesandathinvisageare,Godknows,nomatterofmerrimentNay,anthouwiltneedslaugh,IwillfindtheeabetterjestGivemethyhand,orratherlenditme,forIbutaskitinthewayoffriendship.Here,cousinWilfredofIvanhoe,inthyfavourIrenounceandabjureHey!bySaintDunstan,ourcousinWilfredhathvanished!Yet,unlessmyeyesarestilldazzledwiththefastingIhaveundergone,Isawhimstandtherebutevennow."

           AllnowlookedaroundandenquiredforIvanhoe,buthehadvanished.ItwasatlengthdiscoveredthataJewhadbeentoseekhim;andthat,afterverybriefconference,hehadcalledforGurthandhisarmour,andhadleftthecastle.

           "Faircousin,"saidAthelstanetoRowena,"couldIthinkthatthissuddendisappearanceofIvanhoewasoccasionedbyotherthantheweightiestreason,Iwouldmyselfresume"

           Buthehadnosoonerletgoherhand,onfirstobservingthatIvanhoehaddisappeared,thanRowena,whohadfoundhersituationextremelyembarrassing,hadtakenthefirstopportunitytoescapefromtheapartment.

           "Certainly,"quothAthelstane,"womenaretheleasttobetrustedofallanimals,monksandabbotsexcepted.Iamaninfidel,ifIexpectednotthanksfromher,andperhapsakisstobootThesecursedgrave-clotheshavesurelyaspellonthem,everyonefliesfromme

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