Chapter 18

           Away!ourjourneyliesthroughdellanddingle,

           Wheretheblithefawntripsbyitstimidmother,

           Wherethebroadoak,withinterceptingboughs,

           Chequersthesunbeaminthegreen-swardalley

           Upandaway!forlovelypathsarethese

           Totread,whenthegladSunisonhisthrone

           Lesspleasant,andlesssafe,whenCynthia’slamp

           Withdoubtfulglimmerlightsthedrearyforest.

           EttrickForest

           WhenCedrictheSaxonsawhissondropdownsenselessinthelistsatAshby,hisfirstimpulsewastoorderhimintothecustodyandcareofhisownattendants,butthewordschokedinhisthroat.Hecouldnotbringhimselftoacknowledge,inpresenceofsuchanassembly,thesonwhomhehadrenouncedanddisinherited.Heordered,however,Oswaldtokeepaneyeuponhim;anddirectedthatofficer,withtwoofhisserfs,toconveyIvanhoetoAshbyassoonasthecrowdhaddispersed.Oswald,however,wasanticipatedinthisgoodoffice.Thecrowddispersed,indeed,buttheknightwasnowheretobeseen.

           ItwasinvainthatCedric’scupbearerlookedaroundforhisyoungmasterhesawthebloodyspotonwhichhehadlatelysunkdown,buthimselfhesawnolonger;itseemedasifthefairieshadconveyedhimfromthespot.PerhapsOswald(fortheSaxonswereverysuperstitious)mighthaveadoptedsomesuchhypothesis,toaccountforIvanhoe’sdisappearance,hadhenotsuddenlycasthiseyeuponapersonattiredlikeasquire,inwhomherecognisedthefeaturesofhisfellow-servantGurth.

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