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Chapter 39

           "SirKnight,"saidRebecca,"IwouldavoidreproachesButwhatismorecertainthanthatIowemydeathtothineunbridledpassion?"

           "Youerryouerr,"saidtheTemplar,hastily,"ifyouimputewhatIcouldneitherforeseenorpreventtomypurposeoragency.CouldIguesstheunexpectedarrivalofyondotard,whomsomeflashesoffranticvalour,andthepraisesyieldedbyfoolstothestupidself-tormentsofanascetic,haveraisedforthepresentabovehisownmerits,abovecommonsense,aboveme,andabovethehundredsofourOrder,whothinkandfeelasmenfreefromsuchsillyandfantasticprejudicesasarethegroundsofhisopinionsandactions?"

           "Yet,"saidRebecca,"yousateajudgeuponme,innocentmostinnocentasyouknewmetobeyouconcurredinmycondemnation,and,ifIarightunderstood,areyourselftoappearinarmstoassertmyguilt,andassuremypunishment."

           "Thypatience,maiden,"repliedtheTemplar."Noraceknowssowellasthineowntribeshowtosubmittothetime,andsototrimtheirbarkastomakeadvantageevenofanadversewind."

           "Lamentedbethehour,"saidRebecca,"thathastaughtsucharttotheHouseofIsrael!butadversitybendstheheartasfirebendsthestubbornsteel,andthosewhoarenolongertheirowngovernors,andthedenizensoftheirownfreeindependentstate,mustcrouchbeforestrangers.

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