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Chapter 24

           OurOrdersoonadoptedbolderandwiderviews,andfoundoutabetterindemnificationforoursacrifices.OurimmensepossessionsineverykingdomofEurope,ourhighmilitaryfame,whichbringswithinourcircletheflowerofchivalryfromeveryChristianclimethesearededicatedtoendsofwhichourpiousfounderslittledreamed,andwhichareequallyconcealedfromsuchweakspiritsasembraceourOrderontheancientprinciples,andwhosesuperstitionmakesthemourpassivetools.ButIwillnotfurtherwithdrawtheveilofourmysteries.Thatbugle-soundannouncessomethingwhichmayrequiremypresence.ThinkonwhatIhavesaid.Farewell!IdonotsayforgivemetheviolenceIhavethreatened,foritwasnecessarytothedisplayofthycharacter.Goldcanbeonlyknownbytheapplicationofthetouchstone.Iwillsoonreturn,andholdfurtherconferencewiththee."

           Here-enteredtheturret-chamber,anddescendedthestair,leavingRebeccascarcelymoreterrifiedattheprospectofthedeathtowhichshehadbeensolatelyexposed,thanatthefuriousambitionoftheboldbadmaninwhosepowershefoundherselfsounhappilyplaced.Whensheenteredtheturret-chamber,herfirstdutywastoreturnthankstotheGodofJacobfortheprotectionwhichhehadaffordedher,andtoimploreitscontinuanceforherandforherfather.AnothernameglidedintoherpetitionitwasthatofthewoundedChristian,whomfatehadplacedinthehandsofbloodthirstymen,hisavowedenemies

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