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Chapter 18

           Itwasinvainthatheattemptedtodazzleherwiththeprospectofavisionarythrone.Rowena,whopossessedstrongsense,neitherconsideredhisplanaspracticable,norasdesirable,sofarasshewasconcerned,couldithavebeenachieved.WithoutattemptingtoconcealheravowedpreferenceofWilfredofIvanhoe,shedeclaredthat,werethatfavouredknightoutofquestion,shewouldrathertakerefugeinaconvent,thanshareathronewithAthelstane,whom,havingalwaysdespised,shenowbegan,onaccountofthetroubleshereceivedonhisaccount,thoroughlytodetest.

           Nevertheless,Cedric,whoseopinionsofwomen’sconstancywasfarfromstrong,persistedinusingeverymeansinhispowertobringabouttheproposedmatch,inwhichheconceivedhewasrenderinganimportantservicetotheSaxoncause.ThesuddenandromanticappearanceofhissoninthelistsatAshby,hehadjustlyregardedasalmostadeath’sblowtohishopes.Hispaternalaffection,itistrue,hadforaninstantgainedthevictoryoverprideandpatriotism;butbothhadreturnedinfullforce,andundertheirjointoperation,hewasnowbentuponmakingadeterminedeffortfortheunionofAthelstaneandRowena,togetherwithexpeditingthoseothermeasureswhichseemednecessarytoforwardtherestorationofSaxonindependence.

           Onthislastsubject,hewasnowlabouringwithAthelstane,notwithouthavingreason,everynowandthen,tolament,likeHotspur,thatheshouldhavemovedsuchadishofskimmedmilktosohonourableanaction.

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