... "and partake of some refreshment, ere you proceed with a tale so dreadful." Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott Chapter 42 (p2) It seemed as if Cedric's words had raised a spectre; for, ... sudden disappearance of Ivanhoe was occasioned by other than the weightiest reason, I would myself resume " But he had no sooner let go her hand, on first observing that Ivanhoe had disappeared, ... hand, or rather lend it me, for I but ask it in the way of friendship. Here, cousin Wilfred of Ivanhoe, in thy favour I renounce and abjure Hey! by Saint Dunstan, our cousin Wilfred hath vanished!...