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Chapter 38

           AndthegagehavingbeendeliveredtothenobleLordandKnight,BriandeBois-Guilbert,oftheHolyOrderoftheTempleofZion,hewasappointedtodothisbattle,inbehalfofhisOrderandhimself,asinjuredandimpairedbythepracticesoftheappellant.WhereforethemostreverendFatherandpuissantLord,LucasMarquisofBeaumanoir,didallowofthesaidchallenge,andofthesaidessoineoftheappellant’sbody,andassignedthethirddayforthesaidcombat,theplacebeingtheenclosurecalledthelistsofSaintGeorge,neartothePreceptoryofTemplestowe.AndtheGrandMasterappointstheappellanttoappeartherebyherchampion,onpainofdoom,asapersonconvictedofsorceryorseduction;andalsothedefendantsotoappear,underthepenaltyofbeingheldandadjudgedrecreantincaseofdefault;andthenobleLordandmostreverendFatheraforesaidappointedthebattletobedoneinhisownpresence,andaccordingtoallthatiscommendableandprofitableinsuchacase.AndmayGodaidthejustcause!"

           "Amen!"saidtheGrandMaster;andthewordwasechoedbyallaround.Rebeccaspokenot,butshelookeduptoheaven,and,foldingherhands,remainedforaminutewithoutchangeofattitude.ShethenmodestlyremindedtheGrandMaster,thatsheoughttobepermittedsomeopportunityoffreecommunicationwithherfriends,forthepurposeofmakingherconditionknowntothem,andprocuring,ifpossible,somechampiontofightinherbehalf.

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