Ivanhoe- Sir Walter Scott -Chapter 34 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott Chapter 34 KING ll tell thee what my friend He is a very serpent in my way And wheresoe er this foot of mine doth tread He lies before thou understand me King John There was brave feasting in the Castle of York to which Prince John had invited those nobles prelates and leaders by whose assistance he hoped to carry through his ambitious projects upon his brother s throne. Waldemar Fitzurse his able and politic agent was at secret work among them tempering all to that pitch of courage which was necessary in making an open declaration of their purpose. But their enterprise was delayed by the absence of more than one main limb of the confederacy. The stubborn and daring though brutal courage of Front-de-Boeuf the buoyant spirits and bold bearing of De Bracy the sagacity martial experience and renowned valour of Brian de Bois-Guilbert were important to the success of their conspiracy and while cursing in secret their unnecessary and unmeaning absence neither John nor his adviser dared to proceed without them. Isaac the Jew also seemed to have vanished and with him the hope of certain sums of money making up the subsidy for which Prince John had contracted with that Israelite and his brethren. This deficiency was likely to prove perilous in an emergency so critical. It was on the morning after the fall of Torquilstone that a confused report began to spread abroad in the city of York that De Bracy and Bois-Guilbert with their confederate Front-de-Boeuf had been taken or slain. Waldemar brought the rumour to Prince John announcing that he feared its truth the more that they had set out with a small attendance for the purpose of committing an assault on the Saxon Cedric and his attendants. At another time the Prince would have treated this deed of violence as a good jest but now that it interfered with and impeded his own plans he exclaimed against the perpetrators and spoke of the broken laws and the infringement of public order .
