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Chapter 10

           "Seehimcontented,however,thoustubbornvarlet,"saidtheDisinheritedKnight.

           "Iwilldoso,"saidGurth,takingthebagunderhiscloak,andleavingtheapartment;"anditwillgohard,"hemuttered,"butIcontenthimwithone-halfofhisownasking."Sosaying,hedeparted,andlefttheDisinheritedKnighttohisownperplexedruminations;which,uponmoreaccountsthanitisnowpossibletocommunicatetothereader,wereofanaturepeculiarlyagitatingandpainful.

           WemustnowchangethescenetothevillageofAshby,orrathertoacountryhouseinitsvicinitybelongingtoawealthyIsraelite,withwhomIsaac,hisdaughter,andretinue,hadtakenuptheirquarters;theJews,itiswellknown,beingasliberalinexercisingthedutiesofhospitalityandcharityamongtheirownpeople,astheywereallegedtobereluctantandchurlishinextendingthemtothosewhomtheytermedGentiles,andwhosetreatmentofthemcertainlymeritedlittlehospitalityattheirhand.

           Inanapartment,smallindeed,butrichlyfurnishedwithdecorationsofanOrientaltaste,Rebeccawasseatedonaheapofembroideredcushions,which,piledalongalowplatformthatsurroundedthechamber,served,liketheestradaoftheSpaniards,insteadofchairsandstools.

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