'
'He must have been his grandfather,' said Elizabeth; 'Cedric lived a
hundred years after.'
'But Cedric remembered Torquilstone before the Normans came,' said
Anne.
'No, no, he could not, though he had been told what it had been
before Front-de-Boeuf altered it,' said Elizabeth.
'And old Ulrica was there when Front-de-Boeuf's father took it,' said
Anne.
'I cannot tell how long a hag may live,' said Elizabeth, 'but she
could not have been less than a hundred and thirty years old in the
time of Richard Coeur-de-Lion.'
'Coeur-de-Lion came to the throne in 1189,' said Anne. 'No, I
suppose Torquil Wolfganger could not have been dispossessed
immediately after the Conquest. But then you know Ulrica calls
Cedric the son of the great Hereward.'
'Her wits were a little out of order,' said Elizabeth; 'either she
meant his grandson, or Sir Walter Scott made as great an anachronism
as when he made that same Ulrica compare Rebecca's skin to paper. If
she had said parchment, it would not have been such a compliment.'
'How much interest Ivanhoe makes us take in the Saxons and Normans!'
said Anne.
Pages:
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171