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Chapter 30

           Thefeverofhisbodyaidedtheimpatienceandagonyofhismind,andhisdeath-bedexhibitedamixtureofthenewlyawakenedfeelingsofhorror,combatingwiththefixedandinveterateobstinacyofhisdisposition;—afearfulstateofmind,onlytobeequalledinthosetremendousregions,wheretherearecomplaintswithouthope,remorsewithoutrepentance,adreadfulsenseofpresentagony,andapresentimentthatitcannotceaseorbediminished!

           "Wherebethesedog-priestsnow,"growledtheBaron,"whosetsuchpriceontheirghostlymummery?—wherebeallthoseunshodCarmelites,forwhomoldFront-de-BoeuffoundedtheconventofStAnne,robbinghisheirofmanyafairroodofmeadow,andmanyafatfieldandclose—wherebethegreedyhoundsnow?—Swilling,Iwarrantme,attheale,orplayingtheirjugglingtricksatthebedsideofsomemiserlychurl.—Me,theheiroftheirfounder—me,whomtheirfoundationbindsthemtoprayfor—me—ungratefulvillainsastheyare!—theysuffertodielikethehouselessdogonyondercommon,unshrivenandunhouseled!—TelltheTemplartocomehither—heisapriest,andmaydosomething—Butno!—aswellconfessmyselftothedevilastoBriandeBois-Guilbert,whorecksneitherofheavennorofhell.

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