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Chapter 44

           ThereremainedbetwixtCedricandthedeterminationwhichtheloversdesiredtocometo,onlytwoobstacleshisownobstinacy,andhisdislikeoftheNormandynasty.Theformerfeelinggraduallygavewaybeforetheendearmentsofhisward,andthepridewhichhecouldnothelpnourishinginthefameofhisson.Besides,hewasnotinsensibletothehonourofallyinghisownlinetothatofAlfred,whenthesuperiorclaimsofthedescendantofEdwardtheConfessorwereabandonedforever.Cedric’saversiontotheNormanraceofkingswasalsomuchundermined,first,byconsiderationoftheimpossibilityofriddingEnglandofthenewdynasty,afeelingwhichgoesfartocreateloyaltyinthesubjecttotheking"defacto";and,secondly,bythepersonalattentionofKingRichard,whodelightedintheblunthumourofCedric,and,tousethelanguageoftheWardourManuscript,sodealtwiththenobleSaxon,that,erehehadbeenaguestatcourtforsevendays,hehadgivenhisconsenttothemarriageofhiswardRowenaandhissonWilfredofIvanhoe.

           Thenuptialsofourhero,thusformallyapprovedbyhisfather,werecelebratedinthemostaugustoftemples,thenobleMinsterofYork.TheKinghimselfattended,andfromthecountenancewhichheaffordedonthisandotheroccasionstothedistressedandhithertodegradedSaxons,gavethemasaferandmorecertainprospectofattainingtheirjustrights,thantheycouldreasonablyhopefromtheprecariouschanceofacivilwar.

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