Cedric's aversion to the Norman race of kings was also much undermined,--first, by consideration of the impossibility of ridding England of the new dynasty, a feeling which goes far to create loyalty in the subject to the king "de facto"; and, secondly, by the personal attention of King Richard, who delighted in the blunt humour of Cedric, and, to use the language of the Wardour Manuscript, so dealt with the noble Saxon, that, ere he had been a guest at court for seven days, he had given his consent to the marriage of his ward Rowena and his son Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
Először is, mint annyi szász hazafi, Cedric is belátta, hogy az új dinasztiát már nem lehet megdönteni, tehát a királyt de facto, ténylegesen el kell ismerni, és oktalanság volna az alattvalói hódolatot megtagadni tőle. Másodszor pedig lefegyverezte az a sok kitüntető figyelem, amelyben Richárd részesítette.