Sammendrag av The Talisman, Chapter 22

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1. Sir Kenneth refuses food in his distress and leaves the camp with the physician’s household before dawn.
2. Hassan entertains the travelers, while Kenneth recognizes Roswal’s cries from a cage but avoids responding.
3. The Muslims stop for dawn prayers, and Kenneth’s own worship restores some strength and patience.
4. The physician identifies approaching cavalry as Templars, but Kenneth refuses to flee from fellow Christians.
5. The physician scatters his followers and seizes Kenneth’s rein, carrying him away on exceptionally swift horses.
6. At the Diamond of the Desert, Kenneth accepts a medicinal draught and sinks through hopeful visions into deep sleep.

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Kenneth places religious allegiance above the physician’s warning about danger. His refusal exposes the conflict between his Christian identity and his dependence on a Muslim protector.

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