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Chapter 29

           "SaintGeorgestrikeforus!"exclaimedtheknight;"dothefalseyeomengiveway?"

           "No!"exclaimedRebecca,"theybearthemselvesrightyeomanlytheBlackKnightapproachestheposternwithhishugeaxethethunderingblowswhichhedeals,youmayhearthemaboveallthedinandshoutsofthebattleStonesandbeamsarehaileddownontheboldchampionheregardsthemnomorethaniftheywerethistle-downorfeathers!"

           "BySaintJohnofAcre,"saidIvanhoe,raisinghimselfjoyfullyonhiscouch,"methoughttherewasbutonemaninEnglandthatmightdosuchadeed!"

           "Theposterngateshakes,"continuedRebecca;"itcrashesitissplinteredbyhisblowstheyrushintheoutworkiswonOh,God!theyhurlthedefendersfromthebattlementstheythrowthemintothemoatOmen,ifyebeindeedmen,sparethemthatcanresistnolonger!"

           "Thebridgethebridgewhichcommunicateswiththecastlehavetheywonthatpass?"exclaimedIvanhoe.

           "No,"repliedRebecca,"TheTemplarhasdestroyedtheplankonwhichtheycrossedfewofthedefendersescapedwithhimintothecastletheshrieksandcrieswhichyouheartellthefateoftheothersAlas!Iseeitisstillmoredifficulttolookuponvictorythanuponbattle."

           "Whatdotheynow,maiden?"saidIvanhoe;"lookforthyetagainthisisnotimetofaintatbloodshed."

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