When King Richard and Ivanhoe reached Aelthelstane's house, where Aethelstane's funeral banquet was going on, Cedric welcomed them and showed them to the room in which they would be staying. Then the door opened and in came Aethelstane, alive! Cedric and Richard asked how Aelthelstane came to be where he was and not dead. Aelthestane replied that when he had been knocked down in the battle he had not really been killed, but made unconscious. The monks that were in charge of him in the church had found out that he was alive and so fed him on bread and water to keep him alive, but they gave him some wine that must have been drugged because he fell back to sleep immediately. When he awoke again he was in his own house in the coffin but his feet were tied up so he couldn't move. Thankfully he was able to free himself and make it to where Cedric was. When he had finished telling his story he told Rowena that she didn't have to marry him, because he knew that she didn't want to. Then a message came and Ivanhoe and Richard were seen dashing off on their horses.
Meanwhile Rebecca was sitting in the lists waiting for someone to come and fight on her behalf, but so far no one had. Then, in came Ivanhoe all tired out from riding so fast and he said he would fight for Rebecca. At first Brian refused to fight with him because Ivanhoe was wounded but when Ivanhoe threatened to tell everyone that Brian was a coward, he agreed to fight. They rode to opposite ends of the field and then they rode thunderously at each other and met at the middle. They both fell off their horses, but Brian did not get back off the ground again. The head of the Templars, Lucas, said that that was a sign from heaven that Rebecca was guiltless, so she was able to go away in peace.
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