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Chapter 35

           —AndO,Conrade!wellitwerethattherelaxationofdisciplinestoppedevenhere!—Wellthouknowestthatwewereforbiddentoreceivethosedevoutwomen,whoatthebeginningwereassociatedassistersofourOrder,because,saiththeforty-sixthchapter,theAncientEnemyhath,byfemalesociety,withdrawnmanyfromtherightpathtoparadise.Nay,inthelastcapital,being,asitwere,thecope-stonewhichourblessedfounderplacedonthepureandundefileddoctrinewhichhehadenjoined,weareprohibitedfromoffering,eventooursistersandourmothers,thekissofaffection—utomniummulierumfugianturoscula.—Ishametospeak—Ishametothink—ofthecorruptionswhichhaverushedinuponusevenlikeaflood.Thesoulsofourpurefounders,thespiritsofHughdePayenandGodfreydeSaintOmer,andoftheblessedSevenwhofirstjoinedindedicatingtheirlivestotheserviceoftheTemple,aredisturbedevenintheenjoymentofparadiseitself.Ihaveseenthem,Conrade,inthevisionsofthenight—theirsaintedeyesshedtearsforthesinsandfolliesoftheirbrethren,andforthefoulandshamefulluxuryinwhichtheywallow.Beaumanoir,theysay,thouslumberest—awake!ThereisastaininthefabricoftheTemple,deepandfoulasthatleftbythestreaksofleprosyonthewallsoftheinfectedhousesofold.

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