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Chapter 35

           Peradventure,thepresenceofthisLucasBeaumanoir,beingthechiefmanoverthem,mayturnBriandeBois-Guilbertfromtheillwhichhedothmeditate,andthathemaydelivertomemybeloveddaughterRebecca."

           "Gothou,"saidNathanBenIsrael,"andbewise,forwisdomavailedDanielinthedenoflionsintowhichhewascast;andmayitgowellwiththee,evenasthineheartwisheth.Yet,ifthoucanst,keeptheefromthepresenceoftheGrandMaster,fortodofoulscorntoourpeopleishismorningandeveningdelight.ItmaybeifthoucouldstspeakwithBois-Guilbertinprivate,thoushaltthebetterprevailwithhim;formensaythattheseaccursedNazarenesarenotofonemindinthePreceptoryMaytheircounselsbeconfoundedandbroughttoshame!Butdothou,brother,returntomeasifitweretothehouseofthyfather,andbringmewordhowithasspedwiththee;andwelldoIhopethouwiltbringwiththeeRebecca,eventhescholarofthewiseMiriam,whosecurestheGentilesslanderedasiftheyhadbeenwroughtbynecromancy."

           Isaacaccordinglybadehisfriendfarewell,andaboutanhour’sridingbroughthimbeforethePreceptoryofTemplestowe.

           ThisestablishmentoftheTemplarswasseatedamidstfairmeadowsandpastures,whichthedevotionoftheformerPreceptorhadbestowedupontheirOrder.Itwasstrongandwellfortified,apointneverneglectedbytheseknights,andwhichthedisorderedstateofEnglandrenderedpeculiarlynecessary.

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