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Chapter 43

           "Ha!proudTemplar,"saidIvanhoe,"hastthouforgottenthattwicedidstthoufallbeforethislance?RememberthelistsatAcrerememberthePassageofArmsatAshbyrememberthyproudvauntinthehallsofRotherwood,andthegageofyourgoldchainagainstmyreliquary,thatthouwouldstdobattlewithWilfredofIvanhoe,andrecoverthehonourthouhadstlost!Bythatreliquaryandtheholyrelicitcontains,Iwillproclaimthee,Templar,acowardineverycourtinEuropeineveryPreceptoryofthineOrderunlessthoudobattlewithoutfartherdelay."

           Bois-GuilbertturnedhiscountenanceirresolutelytowardsRebecca,andthenexclaimed,lookingfiercelyatIvanhoe,"DogofaSaxon!takethylance,andprepareforthedeaththouhastdrawnuponthee!"

           "DoestheGrandMasterallowmethecombat?"saidIvanhoe.

           "Imaynotdenywhatthouhastchallenged,"saidtheGrandMaster,"providedthemaidenacceptstheeasherchampion.YetIwouldthouwertinbetterplighttodobattle.AnenemyofourOrderhastthoueverbeen,yetwouldIhavetheehonourablymetwith."

           "ThusthusasIam,andnototherwise,"saidIvanhoe;"itisthejudgmentofGodtohiskeepingIcommendmyself.Rebecca,"saidhe,ridinguptothefatalchair,"dostthouacceptofmeforthychampion?"

           "Ido,"shesaid"Ido,"flutteredbyanemotionwhichthefearofdeathhadbeenunabletoproduce,"IdoaccepttheeasthechampionwhomHeavenhathsentme.

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