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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"itmustbesharpandsuddentheOrderisonthecrisisofitsfate.Thesobriety,self-devotion,andpietyofourpredecessors,madeuspowerfulfriendsourpresumption,ourwealth,ourluxury,haveraisedupagainstusmightyenemies.Wemustcastawaytheseriches,whichareatemptationtoprinceswemustlaydownthatpresumption,whichisanoffencetothemwemustreformthatlicenseofmanners,whichisascandaltothewholeChristianworld!OrmarkmywordstheOrderoftheTemplewillbeutterlydemolishedandthePlacethereofshallnomorebeknownamongthenations."

           "NowmayGodavertsuchacalamity!"saidthePreceptor.

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