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Chapter 36

           Whenthestaffisinthineownfirmgrasp,thoumayestcaressthedaughtersofJudah,orburnthem,asmaybestsuitthineownhumour."

           "Malvoisin,"saidBois-Guilbert,"thouartacold-blooded—"

           "Friend,"saidthePreceptor,hasteningtofilluptheblank,inwhichBois-Guilbertwouldprobablyhaveplacedaworseword,—"acold-bloodedfriendIam,andthereforemorefittogivetheeadvice.Itelltheeoncemore,thatthoucanstnotsaveRebecca.Itelltheeoncemore,thoucanstbutperishwithher.GohietheetotheGrandMaster—throwthyselfathisfeetandtellhim—"

           "Notathisfeet,byHeaven!buttothedotard’sverybeardwillIsay—"

           "Saytohim,then,tohisbeard,"continuedMalvoisin,coolly,"thatyoulovethiscaptiveJewesstodistraction;andthemorethoudostenlargeonthypassion,thegreaterwillbehishastetoenditbythedeathofthefairenchantress;whilethou,takeninflagrantdelictbytheavowalofacrimecontrarytothineoath,cansthopenoaidofthybrethren,andmustexchangeallthybrilliantvisionsofambitionandpower,toliftperhapsamercenaryspearinsomeofthepettyquarrelsbetweenFlandersandBurgundy."

           "Thouspeakestthetruth,Malvoisin,"saidBriandeBois-Guilbert,afteramoment’sreflection."Iwillgivethehoarybigotnoadvantageoverme;andforRebecca,shehathnotmeritedatmyhandthatIshouldexposerankandhonourforhersake.

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