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Chapter 36

           MuchdidIwonderthatsogoodaknightasBriandeBois-Guilbertseemedsofondlybesottedonthecharmsofthisfemale,whomIreceivedintothishousemerelytoplaceabarbetwixttheirgrowingintimacy,whichelsemighthavebeencementedattheexpenseofthefallofourvaliantandreligiousbrother."

           "Hathnothing,then,asyetpassedbetwixttheminbreachofhisvow?"demandedtheGrandMaster.

           "What!underthisroof?"saidthePreceptor,crossinghimself;"SaintMagdaleneandthetenthousandvirginsforbid!No!ifIhavesinnedinreceivingherhere,itwasintheerringthoughtthatImightthusbreakoffourbrother’sbesotteddevotiontothisJewess,whichseemedtomesowildandunnatural,thatIcouldnotbutascribeittosometouchofinsanity,moretobecuredbypitythanreproof.ButsinceyourreverendwisdomhathdiscoveredthisJewishqueentobeasorceress,perchanceitmayaccountfullyforhisenamouredfolly."

           "Itdoth!itdoth!"saidBeaumanoir."See,brotherConrade,theperilofyieldingtothefirstdevicesandblandishmentsofSatan!Welookuponwomanonlytogratifythelustoftheeye,andtotakepleasureinwhatmencallherbeauty;andtheAncientEnemy,thedevouringLion,obtainspoweroverus,tocomplete,bytalismanandspell,aworkwhichwasbegunbyidlenessandfolly.

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