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Chapter 39

           —Faircreature!"hesaid,approachingnearher,butwithgreatrespect,—"soyoung,sobeautiful,sofearlessofdeath!andyetdoomedtodie,andwithinfamyandagony.Whowouldnotweepforthee?—Thetear,thathasbeenastrangertotheseeyelidsfortwentyyears,moistensthemasIgazeonthee.Butitmustbe—nothingmaynowsavethylife.ThouandIarebuttheblindinstrumentsofsomeirresistiblefatality,thathurriesusalong,likegoodlyvesselsdrivingbeforethestorm,whicharedashedagainsteachother,andsoperish.Forgiveme,then,andletuspart,atleast,asfriendspart.Ihaveassailedthyresolutioninvain,andmineownisfixedastheadamantinedecreesoffate."

           "Thus,"saidRebecca,"domenthrowonfatetheissueoftheirownwildpassions.ButIdoforgivethee,Bois-Guilbert,thoughtheauthorofmyearlydeath.Therearenoblethingswhichcrossoverthypowerfulmind;butitisthegardenofthesluggard,andtheweedshaverushedup,andconspiredtochokethefairandwholesomeblossom."

           "Yes,"saidtheTemplar,"Iam,Rebecca,asthouhastspokenme,untaught,untamed—andproud,that,amidstashoalofemptyfoolsandcraftybigots,Ihaveretainedthepreeminentfortitudethatplacesmeabovethem.Ihavebeenachildofbattlefrommyyouthupward,highinmyviews,steadyandinflexibleinpursuingthem.SuchmustIremain—proud,inflexible,andunchanging;andofthistheworldshallhaveproof.—Butthouforgivestme,Rebecca?"

           "Asfreelyasevervictimforgaveherexecutioner."

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