... Aymer, and Abbot of Jorvaulx. They also have about them their attendants. They are seeking the home of Cedric the Saxon and amba purposely misdirects them so that they ill not find it. As the horsemen carry on, amba and Gurth continue to the home of their master, Cedric the Saxon, in the other direction. As the horsemen continue their journey, they have a discussion about the beauty of Roena, ho is the ard of Cedric the Saxon. After some time they arrive at a sunken cross here to paths meet and find a Palmer gives them the proper directions to Cedrics home and takes the men their himself. After a lengthy description of Rotherood, home of Cedric the Saxon, the guests arrive at the estate and are elcomed and treated ith respect and hospitality. They are in time for the evenings feast and just before the food is served, amba and Gurth make their entrance into the dining hall. Minutes later, the fair Lady Roena also makes her ay into the room. As the feast commences, the Je, Isaac of York, makes his entrance into the dining hall. The Jes are victims of much prejudice in the novel and Isaac is treated as an unbelieving dog ould be. Isaac, hoever, does have much to share ith the congregation at the dinner. He brings nes of the Crusades in Palestine and of the courage of Ivanhoe. Cedric is very interested in nes of Ivanhoe and listens carefully to hat Isaac has to say. After Isaacs telling of the nes from the Crusades, de Bois-Guilbert raises up and speaks against Ivanhoe, saying that he could conquer the brave knight. At this moment, the Palmer begins to speak angrily at de Bois-Guilbert and vos that them moment Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades that he ill challenge de Bois-Guilbert immediately. The Templar accepts this challenge and the Palmer hands over a small token to the Prior Aymer to insure honesty in his challenge of the Knight. Thus the feast is ended and all the participants head toards their quarters. Along the ay, the Palmer hears the to Moslem attendants of the Templar discussing their plan to rob Isaac. The Palmer, ho understood their native tongue, rises early the next morning to ake amba to escort himself and Isaac our of Rotherood to escape the robbery by the Moslems. In reard for his help, Isaac loans the Palmer a horse and a suit of armor to use at the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche.The tournament begins the next day and the colorful pageantry is described in detail. Isaac arrives ith his daughter, Rebecca, hom e meet for the first time. The Normans and Saxons argue about here the Jes should sit, but this quarrel is solved by amba. At the tournament e are also introduced to Athelstane the Unready, a native Saxon ho is also a suitor to Roena, and aldemar Fitzurse, a counselor to Prince John. At the tournament their arrives a competitor knon as the Disinherited Knight ho proceeds to overthro the four strongest opponents in the tournament, including Brian de Bois-Guilbert. At the conclusion of the tournament, the Disinherited Knight chooses the Lady Roena as the Queen of Beauty and Love. The knight and Lady Roena decline an invitation to Prince Johns banquet of that evening. The Disinherited Knight takes care not to have his face shon to anyone at the tournament. After the tournament, the squires of the four vanquished knights arrive at the tent of the Disinherited Knight. As is custom, they offer their masters armor and horse, or an equal ransom, to their victor. The Disinherited Knight accepts a rather moderate ransom from three of the squires but ill not accept either the horse and armor or ransom from the squire of Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Instead he relates his feelings of mortal defiance of the Templar and tells his squire to relate that to his master. Gurth is then sent to pay back the money to Isaac that ould cover the use of the horse and armor used in the days combat. Gurth does so and is repaid secretly by Rebecca as he is leaving the house of the Je. On his return trip from Isaacs home, Gurth is set upon by a band of thieves ho resolve to take his money. Only after combating one of the members of the gang of thieves and emerging victorious does Gurth retain his money. In addition to their leniency of not taking his money, Gurth receives protection from the thieves for the remainder of his journey home. The second day of the tournament is surrounded by much excitement and the knights in combat assemble into to equal sides for the general tournament. The Disinherited Knight as leader of one side, The Knight Templar of the other. Joining the Templar is Athelstane and Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, a strong Norman knight. hen the fighting commences, the Templar and the Disinherited Knight try to attack each other but cannot reach one another because of the surrounding fray. After the other knights are vanquished, only the Disinherited Knight, the Knight Templar, Front-de-Boeuf, Athelstane, and a knight hom as being called the Black Sluggard because of his slo movement, remained. At that moment the Disinherited Knight is surrounded by his three adversaries and ould have been struck don had it not been for the heroics of the Black Sluggard. The Black Sluggard charges into the battle and took out both Athelstane and Front-de-Boeuf so that the Disinherited Knight and Brian de Bois-Guilbert can fight one-on-one. The next conflict is soon over as the Disinherited Knight emerges victorious for the second day. As he is being croned by the Lady Roena, his helmet as taken off against his ill and he is revealed as Ivanhoe, the disinherited son of Cedric the Saxon. At this moment Ivanhoe faints to the ground and it is realized he is badly ounded in his side. Once Ivanhoe is revealed, there is quite a fervor running through the crod at the tournament. There is speculation on hether Front-de-Bouef ill have to give up his castle that used to be occupied by Ivanhoe before his departure, and hether the proposed plan of Prince John for Lady Roena to marry De Bracy, a Norman Knight, ould follo through. This excitement and agonizing reaches its peak hen Prince John receives a letter that states, Take heed to yourself, for the Devil is unchained. After the main tournament is over, several smaller contests take place and one of these is the archery contest. Locksley takes part in this contest and, just as folklore persists, succeeds in splitting the arro of his fello competitor Hubert. Later on that evening Athelstane and Cedric attend the banquet of Prince John. Throughout the night they are continuously ridiculed by their Norman company because of their being Saxon. They are scoffed at because of their bad manners and because of their supposed inferiority. At the conclusion of the feast Cedric is asked by Prince John to make a toast. Prince John thought that Cedric ould surely make it in honor of himself in order to appease his Norman monarch. Instead, Cedric dedicates the drink to the absent King Richard. The supporters of Prince John do not kno hat to do, and Prince John...
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