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Chapter 35

           ThesoldiersoftheCross,whoshouldshuntheglanceofawomanastheeyeofabasilisk,liveinopensin,notwiththefemalesoftheirownraceonly,butwiththedaughtersoftheaccursedheathen,andmoreaccursedJew.Beaumanoir,thousleepest;up,andavengeourcause!—Slaythesinners,maleandfemale!—TaketotheethebrandofPhineas!—Thevisionfled,Conrade,butasIawakedIcouldstillheartheclankoftheirmail,andseethewavingoftheirwhitemantles.—AndIwilldoaccordingtotheirword,IWILLpurifythefabricoftheTemple!andtheuncleanstonesinwhichtheplagueis,Iwillremoveandcastoutofthebuilding."

           "Yetbethinkthee,reverendfather,"saidMont-Fitchet,"thestainhathbecomeengrainedbytimeandconsuetude;letthyreformationbecautious,asitisjustandwise."

           "No,Mont-Fitchet,"answeredthesternoldman—"itmustbesharpandsudden—theOrderisonthecrisisofitsfate.Thesobriety,self-devotion,andpietyofourpredecessors,madeuspowerfulfriends—ourpresumption,ourwealth,ourluxury,haveraisedupagainstusmightyenemies.—Wemustcastawaytheseriches,whichareatemptationtoprinces—wemustlaydownthatpresumption,whichisanoffencetothem—wemustreformthatlicenseofmanners,whichisascandaltothewholeChristianworld!Or—markmywords—theOrderoftheTemplewillbeutterlydemolished—andthePlacethereofshallnomorebeknownamongthenations."

           "NowmayGodavertsuchacalamity!"saidthePreceptor.

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