Ivanhoe, Chapter 38: samenvatting

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1. Rebecca rejects Beaumanoir’s offer of survival through confession and conversion, insisting instead on her request for a champion.
2. Beaumanoir appoints Brian de Bois-Guilbert as the Order’s champion and sets the combat for the third day at the lists of Saint George.
3. Rebecca faces execution if no champion appears or her champion loses, and Higg agrees to carry her message.
4. Higg encounters Isaac of York and Rabbi Ben Samuel near the Preceptory, and Isaac collapses after seeing Rebecca’s scroll.
5. Ben Samuel reads Rebecca’s appeal, which names Wilfred of Ivanhoe as a possible source of assistance.
6. Isaac leaves to seek Wilfred, Ben Samuel heads toward York to recruit a fighter, and Higg complains of their neglect.

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Rebecca answers the comparison between her fragile glove and the Order’s steel armor by asserting the greater weight of innocence.

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