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Chapter 27

           "SanctaMaria!"ejaculatedFatherAmbrose,"howprompttoirearetheseunhallowedlaymen!Butbeitknowntoyou,braveknights,thatcertainmurderouscaitiffs,castingbehindthemfearofGod,andreverenceofhischurch,andnotregardingthebulloftheholysee,Siquis,suadendeDiabolo"

           "Brotherpriest,"saidtheTemplar,"allthisweknoworguessattellusplainly,isthymaster,thePrior,madeprisoner,andtowhom?"

           "Surely,"saidAmbrose,"heisinthehandsofthemenofBelial,infestersofthesewoods,andcontemnersoftheholytext,Touchnotmineanointed,anddomyprophetsnaughtofevil."

           "Hereisanewargumentforourswords,sirs,"saidFront-de-Boeuf,turningtohiscompanions;"andso,insteadofreachingusanyassistance,thePriorofJorvaulxrequestsaidatourhands?amaniswellhelpedoftheselazychurchmenwhenhehathmosttodo!Butspeakout,priest,andsayatonce,whatdoththymasterexpectfromus?"

           "Sopleaseyou,"saidAmbrose,"violenthandshavingbeenimposedonmyreverendsuperior,contrarytotheholyordinancewhichIdidalreadyquote,andthemenofBelialhavingrifledhismailsandbudgets,andstrippedhimoftwohundredmarksofpurerefinedgold,theydoyetdemandofhimalargesumbeside,eretheywillsufferhimtodepartfromtheiruncircumcisedhands.WhereforethereverendfatherinGodpraysyou,ashisdearfriends,torescuehim,eitherbypayingdowntheransomatwhichtheyholdhim,orbyforceofarms,atyourbestdiscretion."

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