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Chapter 35

           AndO,Conrade!wellitwerethattherelaxationofdisciplinestoppedevenhere!Wellthouknowestthatwewereforbiddentoreceivethosedevoutwomen,whoatthebeginningwereassociatedassistersofourOrder,because,saiththeforty-sixthchapter,theAncientEnemyhath,byfemalesociety,withdrawnmanyfromtherightpathtoparadise.Nay,inthelastcapital,being,asitwere,thecope-stonewhichourblessedfounderplacedonthepureandundefileddoctrinewhichhehadenjoined,weareprohibitedfromoffering,eventooursistersandourmothers,thekissofaffectionutomniummulierumfugianturoscula.IshametospeakIshametothinkofthecorruptionswhichhaverushedinuponusevenlikeaflood.Thesoulsofourpurefounders,thespiritsofHughdePayenandGodfreydeSaintOmer,andoftheblessedSevenwhofirstjoinedindedicatingtheirlivestotheserviceoftheTemple,aredisturbedevenintheenjoymentofparadiseitself.Ihaveseenthem,Conrade,inthevisionsofthenighttheirsaintedeyesshedtearsforthesinsandfolliesoftheirbrethren,andforthefoulandshamefulluxuryinwhichtheywallow.Beaumanoir,theysay,thouslumberestawake!ThereisastaininthefabricoftheTemple,deepandfoulasthatleftbythestreaksofleprosyonthewallsoftheinfectedhousesofold.

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