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Stories From [sir W. Scott's] Waverley [novels] for Children, by S.o.c.
Stories From Waverley for Children by Soc - sir W. Scott's - novels Author:Harriet Barton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1873 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: IVANHOE. LONG time ago, in the reign of King Richard the First, Cedric the Saxon lived at Rotherwood. Cedric had no ' love for the King -- for Richard was a Norman, and the Normans had driven the Saxon Kings from the throne of England. All Cedric's servants were Saxon. The Saxon language only was spoken at Rotherwood; and Cedric's only son, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, was in disgrace with his father for having followed King Richard, the Norman, to fight the Saracens in the Holy Land. Wilfred was in disgrace, also, for another reason. There was a beautiful Saxon lady, named Rowena, living at Rotherwood -- an orphan, under Cedric's care -- and Wilfred wished her to be his wife. Cedric, however, intended she should marry Athelstane of Coningsburgh, a Saxon noble, whom Cedric considered the rightful King of England; and he wished Rowena to be Queen. But Rowena and Wilfred knew quite well that the Saxons would never again rule in England ; nor had Rowena any wish to be a Queen. She did not like Athelstane, who was a great fat man -- very stupid -- and so fond of eating and drinking, he seemed to care for nothing else. But the Knight of Ivanhoe (as Wilfred was called) was a brave, handsome soldier, who cared for Rowena more than for anything in the world; and, in fact, Rowena was determined to marry him, and nobody else. Among the servants at Rotherwood were two who were great friends and constantly together. Their names were Gurth and Wamba. Wamba, the Jester, was an odd little man, not quite in his right mind. He was always playing tricks, or making grimaces, or saying absurd things ; sometimes to tease peo...« less