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Chapter 35

           MeantimeLucasBeaumanoirwalkedinasmallgardenbelongingtothePreceptory,includedwithintheprecinctsofitsexteriorfortification,andheldsadandconfidentialcommunicationwithabrotherofhisOrder,whohadcomeinhiscompanyfromPalestine.

           TheGrandMasterwasamanadvancedinage,aswastestifiedbyhislonggreybeard,andtheshaggygreyeyebrowsoverhangingeyes,ofwhich,however,yearshadbeenunabletoquenchthefire.Aformidablewarrior,histhinandseverefeaturesretainedthesoldier’sfiercenessofexpression;anasceticbigot,theywerenolessmarkedbytheemaciationofabstinence,andthespiritualprideoftheself-satisfieddevotee.Yetwiththeseseverertraitsofphysiognomy,therewasmixedsomewhatstrikingandnoble,arising,doubtless,fromthegreatpartwhichhishighofficecalleduponhimtoactamongmonarchsandprinces,andfromthehabitualexerciseofsupremeauthorityoverthevaliantandhigh-bornknights,whowereunitedbytherulesoftheOrder.Hisstaturewastall,andhisgait,undepressedbyageandtoil,waserectandstately.Hiswhitemantlewasshapedwithsevereregularity,accordingtotheruleofSaintBernardhimself,beingcomposedofwhatwasthencalledBurrelcloth,exactlyfittedtothesizeofthewearer,andbearingontheleftshouldertheoctangularcrosspeculiartotheOrder,formedofredcloth.

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