t what Mr. Hatton had once anticipated, the idea
that he had deprived Sybil of her inheritance had, ever since he had
become acquainted with her, been the plague-spot of Hatton's life, and
there was nothing he desired more than to see her restored to those
rights, and to be instrumental in that restoration.

Dandy Mick was rewarded for all the dangers he had encountered in the
service of Sybil, and was set up in business by Lord Marney. A year
after the burning of Mowbray Castle, on the return of the Earl and
Countess of Marney to England, the romantic marriage and the enormous
wealth of Lord and Lady Marney were still the talk in fashionable
circles.

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Tancred, or the New Crusade

"Tancred," published in 1847, completes the trilogy, which
began with "Coningsby" in 1844, and had its second volume in
"Sybil" in 1845. In these three novels Disraeli gave to the
world his political, social, and religious philosophy.
"Coningsby" was mainly political, "Sybil" mainly social, and
in "Tancred," as the author tells us, Disraeli dealt with the
origin of the Christian Church of England and its relation to
the Hebrew race whence Christianity sprang. "Public opinion
recognized the truth and sincerity of these views," although
their general spirit ran counter to current Liberal
utilitarianism. Although "Tancred" lacks the vigour of "Sibyl"
and the wit of "Coningsby," it is full of the colour of the
East, and the satire and irony in the part relating to
Tancred's life in England are vastly entertaining. As in
others of Disraeli's novels, many of the characters here are
portraits of real personages.

_I.--Tancred Goes Forth on His Quest_

Tancred, the Marquis of Montacute, was certainly strangely distracted on
his twenty-first birthday. He stood beside his father, the Duke of
Bellamont, in the famous Crusaders' gallery in the Castle of Montacute,
listening to the congratulations which the mayor and corporation of
Montacute town were addressing to him; but all the time he kept his eyes
fixed on the magnificent tapestries from which the name of the gallery
was derived. His namesake, Tancred of Montacute, had distinguished
himself in the Third Crusade by saving the life of King Richard at the
siege of Ascalon, and his exploits were depicted on the fine Gobelins
work hanging on the walls of the great