"Rowena of Rotherwood." "We were childhood sweethearts." "No!" "And now?" "Betrothed to Lord Athelstane." "Oh." "You're no more an outlaw than me!" " Is it really so serious, sire?" "Serious?" "No." "No, it's not serious." "Two noble earls abducted by my champions." "Are you mad?" "Your courtship has had a poor start, Sir Maurice." "But is it beyond redemption?" "Keep Lord Athelstane and Lord Cedric safe." "The truth shall die with you!" "So that's how it is." "Have mercy on me!" "Did Our Lord Jesus Christ beg for mercy when they crucified him?" " Are you so far damned?" "Aye, lady, I am." "And I ask forgiveness from no-one." " We attack at nightfall." " There's nothing to be gained if they're dead." "How can we know that?" "We get someone inside the castle." "I am Joseph, Lord Front de Boeuf's steward, sent by my master to give you this." "Dying is easy, lady." "A knife, a sword." "One cut, the soul flies straight to God." "But 30 years in a cell at the mercy of any who choose to abuse you..." "Withering, drying, hating." "What God would want your soul after that?" "Submit to me and you'll fly like a bird." "I submit only to the will of God." "No." "You would submit to the will of Ivanhoe." "He'll die." "They all die!" "Urfried." "How long have you been in this castle?" "30 years." "I will have your soul." "Is his skin hot?" "He stinks and sweats like every other man." "Please, take me to him." "Ivanhoe!" "A spider puts its prey in a web to keep its flesh from rotting." "The web has the same power on human flesh." "Go to my father's cart." "There is a box." "Bring it to me." "And fetch me some monkshood." "What do you want?" "Pax vobiscum, my son." "I come in pace to give the last rites to some prisoners." "Fetch the master!" "You must rue the day you ever heard the name lvanhoe." "No." "I may not love thee." "Nor I thee." "'Tis against my faith." "And mine." "Let go your hold on me, sir." "If you let go your hold on me." "Wait a minute." "You're no priest." "Are you willing to wager your immortal soul on that?" "Kill a priest, you will be excommunicated." "I am a good Christian." "Then take me to your prisoners." "Who asked you to come?" "They call themselves Gurth the swineherd and Wamba the fool." "And what did they think they were going to do?" "Storm the castle?" "The affairs of outlaws are no concern of a priest." "I'm merely here to give the last rites to some condemned men." "Take him." "Outlaws?" "A priest come to give you the last rites." "Bow your heads." "And prepare to meet thy God." "Well, go on then." "First, I must hear their confessions." "God knows, Fitzurse and his taxes have driven enough men into the forest." "Men willing to rescue their Saxon Lord Cedric or die in the attempt." " You trust the priest?" "He is a priest." "De Bracy, send a message to your Free Companions." "They'll flush out these rats from their holes." "Stand clear!" "So many visitors as I've seen since I was a girl." "Except we didn't have a holy man to shrive us then." " A priest?" " Is he still here?" "I've just seen him." "Er, no, just a little." "Drink." "Urfried." "Help me." "I also confess the sin of gluttony." "On how many occasions?" "Michaelmas." "Er..." "Imbolc." "You celebrate a pagan festival?" "That is grievous indeed, my son." "Sweet Jesu!" "Take these robes, my Lord." "Tell the Godless bastards you've done what you came to do, then make for the forest fast." " I can't let you do this, Wamba." " Oswald is dead, my Lord." "The rest will die if you do not." " Yeah, I'll send you some..." " Aye." "Do I look the part?" "More than I ever did." "I shan't forget this, my fool." "Forgive Gurth, my Lord." "Father!" "What are you doing here?" "Report to the captain." " I found the priest." "Sir, there is a man here who might be comforted by your attentions." "I must return to my prior." "But a true father should care for his sons." "No, he'll put us all in danger." "To your posts, all of you!" " Go!" "Who are you?" "Brother Willikin." "Hoppy Willikin, hoppy Willikin" "England is thine and mine" "You sang like an angel and swam in the lake with my brothers." "Have I changed so much, Cedric?" "Ulrica." "Urfried." "They even took my name away." "All Wolfganger's kin died with him." "Aye." "My father, my brothers, my husband." "Even..." "They snatched her from my arms and hurled her from the tower." "And they let you live." "In perfidy and dishonour!" "50 men should be enough for this rabble." " Where is the priest?" " I'll catch him at the gate." "Teach him the difference between the love of God and the fear of Him." "Perhaps we might simply offer him a little silver?" "What?" "And then a little more on completion of his errand." "Well, if it's your silver..." " King Richard would be free tomorrow." " Very possibly." "The affairs of the Papacy do not interest you, Prior Aymer?" "Brother Ambrose, when I told Monsignor Malvoisin..." "That's Prior Aymer." "If he's going to Torquilstone, he'll recognise Wamba." "My spirits will lighten at Torquilstone..." " Belay, my Lord!" " What?" "Who are you?" "You must make ready." "I have seen your father." "My father?" "Give them money and they'll go away." "Hardly even sport any more, is it?" " Hey, stop him!" " After him!" "Brother!" "What is it that you want?" " Come on, Father." " Where are you taking me?" "Now!" "Cedric." "Forgive me." "Priest!" "Good Father, a small service." "Take this to the Free Companions camped at Laughton-en-le-Morthen." "Er, wait." "The captain will pay you twice this on receipt." "You'll do that for me?" "It's on my way." "There are outlaws in the forest." "They have taken Prior Aymer." " Who leads them?" " A black knight." "That priest!" "He must have come right through them." "Stop that priest!" "Come on, move!" "There he is." "Stop him!" "Shoot!" "Is this the Black Knight?" "Of course it is." " Kill the prisoners." " No!" "You said we'd ransom them." "You do not give orders here, de Bracy." "I'll kill them myself." "If it is Richard, our lives will be forfeit." "Richard?" "To arms!" "Man the south wall!" "Man the barbican!" "Move!" "Does it hurt?" "Lower it down." "Steady." "Urfried!" " I must keep them safe." " Urfried!" "A sword and armour, my Lord Cedric." "Men of the greenwood, you may be unlearned in the arts of war but you are well versed in strength, courage, and righteousness." "May God guide your eye." "May every arrow find its mark." "Follow me!" "He's done this before, hasn't he?" "On!" "Where do you think you're going?" "What have you done to raise such a storm?" "Stay true to your vow of silence, priest." "They've started to attack." "Cedric must have reached them." "You two, leave him and get to the barbican!" "Aaargh!" "Get the water up here!" "Move!" "Argh!" "Whoa!" "You see?" "I did say." "Madam, you're in Front de Boeuf's castle." "You'll be murdered before the first man breaches the wall." "Please, please let me save you!" "What, the wife of Sir Maurice de Bracy is beyond injury?" " Hold it!" "Get to the west wall!" " Yes, my Lord!" "Come on!" "Move!" "Stand to the battlements!" "There's more of them!" "Aaargh!" "They've broken through the main gate!" "De Bracy!" " Who is he?" " It's King Richard." "Stand firm." "Keep your shields locked." "My Lord, over here!" "Attack!" " Bear him inside!" " My Lord!" "Aaargh!" "Get shields and block that gap!" "Aaargh!" "Get out!" "Aaargh..." "Don't stand there gawping like some thunderstruck harpy!" "Get me some wine!" "Aaargh!" "They're on the battlements and my place is with them!" "Lord Athelstane!" "My..." "Rebecca..." "I'll look after her." "Aaaargh!" "My Lord!" "This way!" "Think on thy sins, Front de Boeuf!" "Who's there?" "Thine own angel of death." "Are you not tempted, my Lord?" "You were tempted once." "So full of lust, you slew your own father to gain possession of me!" "Barricade the door!" "You stay here, my Lady." " The cross." " Oh, do you want to kiss the holy cross?" "Hag!" "How wicked of me to tease." "Leave me!" "Why should I leave you now?" "In this hell and in the next I shall be at your side." "Let me die in peace." "Please!" "You bring my eternal damnation!" "Wamba!" "No!" "This way!" "With me!" "How merciful is your god?" "I have thought mine most merciful till now." "Art thou my honourable prisoner?" "Aye, sire." "I yield to thee." "Father!" "Forgive me, Lord." "I have blasphemed..." "Rebecca!" "Mercy!" "Oh, God!" "Mercy!" "Aaaargh!" "No!" "No!" "Aaaargh!" "Come with me!" "Go back!" "Ivanhoe!" "Here!" "Where are you going to take me?" "Templestowe." "Rowena!" "Rowena..." "My Lord." "Master Wilfred is here." "Wilfred!" "Where is he?" "Cedric." "Monsignor de Beaumanoir, welcome to England." "I have lodgings nearby." "God's work allows no rest." "We ride direct to Templestowe." "Pax vobiscum." "Ah!" "Deaf Simon and the Pincher brothers dead, along with 23 others." " And Tuck?" " Aye, and Tuck." "How have I brought us to this?" "Athelstane." "My friend." "My son." "You're not to blame." "Whoa!" "What is the meaning of this?" "Sanctuary, Preceptor Malvoisin, that's all!" "This is an outrage in a monastery!" "Help me, sir!" " The woman is a Jew!" " So she is." "Saint Botolph's has a reputation for healing." " Live up to it." " We will, my Lord." "I had pledged Torquilstone to you." " But it will burn to the ground." " Let it." "Rebecca?" "Perished." "Bois Guilbert?" "Who knows?" "Lord Cedric." "Lord lvanhoe lives." "I have seen him safe to Saint Botolph's." "Wamba, is that wine?" "Best Burgundy ever made." "Came from France for Prince John." "It never got there." "You won't take a share, Cedric?" " I want nothing from the Normans." "Although Lady Rowena may wear this if she pleases." "It once belonged to a beautiful and virtuous Saxon maid." "Ulrica." "In two days'time at Rotherwood, we mourn Athelstane last prince of the Saxons!" "Ha!" "How long will you go without food or drink, lady?" "As long as I am neither hungry nor thirsty." " And when you are?" " I shall become yet hungrier." "But I will never beg." "You sing a tiresome song, Rebecca." "Then tire of me!" "Have done with it!" "Dear God!" "If our soldiers had had but one tenth of your pig-headedness, we could have argued our way into Jerusalem!" "20 years since I saw such a smile." "Smile again." "What stirred you then?" "And why do you hide it now?" " Rebecca, I will not harm you." " Then set me free." "Oh, no." "Not now." "Not now!" "I may have your soul yet, lady." "I would rather give it to Satan!" "I saved your life!" "It was you who endangered it." "More enemies?" "You will gain nothing." "I am innocent of any crime." "And I've incited you to none." "Oh, Rebecca, who takes Satan's name in vain." "You are a woman and you are a Jew." "And to Lord Lucas de Beaumanoir, Grand Master of my Templar Order, you are Satan's very spawn." "Almost mended." "You'll be out of here in no time." "Oh, will I?" "No doubt of it." "Me, first I get you home." "Then I'll have a quarter of ale for all them that died at Torquilstone, God rest their souls." "Then..." "Then I'll borrow a couple of Lord Cedric's hogs and breed pigs." "And if any of that lot from the forest come sniffing around for free pork, I'll brain 'em." "What about you, Master Wilfred?" "Bois Guilbert?" "Rebecca dead." "Dead." "It's funny how some woman can do that to you, isn't it?" "Well, I'm not saying anything, mind." "I'm just..." "I'm just saying I know how you feel." "Your offices for the poor?" "Silver at the feast of St Stephen and St Paul, Candlemas, Lammas." "And between feasts?" "Gifts of bread and healing." "You receive 150 gold marks in gifts." "You spend 40 silver marks on charity." "You wear more than that around your throat." "50 lashes." "We're not so profligate as you think, my Lord." "Break your fast with us." "Simple bread and wine." "A woman in a monastery?" "A housekeeper." "A whore of Babylon." "Flog her and throw her out." "There's no reason for the Grand Master to suspect Bois Guilbert and the girl's presence, is there?" "Not if they stay hidden." "What happened to the venison?" "I thought you might prefer the honest bread of life to the sins of the flesh." "Oh, did you?" "You blessed it, you eat it." "Tuck!" "Locksley!" " Tuck!" " Ah-ha, Johnny!" " I thought you were dead." " Dead drunk, more like!" " You won't believe what I found in that cellar!" " Hey!" "John!" " Whoa!" "Hey!" " I found this as well." "Sir... my daughter, sir, my daughter." "They say that Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert has taken her and..." "I don't know where she is." "Where would he go?" "I don't know." "His preceptory is at Templestowe." "What are we going to do?" "We're collecting prisoners like a dog collects fleas." "And we can't feed them all." "How much is a fat prior worth?" "I don't know, a thousand silver marks?" "A little more maybe." "I have no money!" "No?" "All I have belongs to my priory." "Lend it him." "What?" "Yeah." "And as surety for the loan, you give him a letter to take to your friend, Brian Bois Guilbert, saying, "You get your freedom when Rebecca of York gets hers."" "Never did I think you would betray me, de Bracy." "I have faithfully served each master who has paid my price, and deceived none." "Slay me for revenge, if you like, but not for treason." "Swear love and fealty to me, and your life is spared." "I swear by the blood of Christ that Richard of England is my one and true liege lord." "And has all my love." "And has all my love." "Now... go and tell that to my brother." "Bardon, there's work for you." "What?" "Prince John." "How much did you pay him for your life?" " Nothing." " Liar." "You swore an oath of love and fealty, didn't you?" "Hmm?" "Hmm?" "Why would you never swear that oath for me?" "I will never turn my hand against you." "Get out of my sight!" "You let him go." "Please eat with me." "Sire a ship stands ready to carry you to France." "I know the master to be loyal." " To you or to me?" " Our causes are the same, sire." "Richard will have me dead at first sight." "Would you do the same for him?" "My brother has sent de Bracy here as a sign, a threat." "But he has not declared himself to his band of vagabonds." "So all we have is a nameless stranger adrift in the forest." "I'll not murder a king." "No." "A nameless stranger." "No!" "In less than a week, I've lost three men, whom I trusted." "Am I to lose you as well?"