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Chapter 35

           Sincethen,hehathbecomeanactiveandearnestagitator,amurmurer,andamachinator,andaleaderamongstthosewhoimpugnourauthority;notconsideringthattheruleisgiventotheMasterevenbythesymbolofthestaffandtherodthestafftosupporttheinfirmitiesoftheweaktherodtocorrectthefaultsofdelinquents.Damian,"hecontinued,"leadtheJewtoourpresence."

           Thesquiredepartedwithaprofoundreverence,andinafewminutesreturned,marshallinginIsaacofYork.Nonakedslave,usheredintothepresenceofsomemightyprince,couldapproachhisjudgment-seatwithmoreprofoundreverenceandterrorthanthatwithwhichtheJewdrewneartothepresenceoftheGrandMaster.Whenhehadapproachedwithinthedistanceofthreeyards,Beaumanoirmadeasignwithhisstaffthatheshouldcomenofarther.TheJewkneeleddownontheearthwhichhekissedintokenofreverence;thenrising,stoodbeforetheTemplars,hishandsfoldedonhisbosom,hisheadbowedonhisbreast,inallthesubmissionofOrientalslavery.

           "Damian,"saidtheGrandMaster,"retire,andhaveaguardreadytoawaitoursuddencall;andsuffernoonetoenterthegardenuntilweshallleaveit."Thesquirebowedandretreated."Jew,"continuedthehaughtyoldman,"markme.Itsuitsnotourconditiontoholdwiththeelongcommunication,nordowewastewordsortimeuponanyone.

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