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Chapter 35

           WhereforebebriefinthyanswerstowhatquestionsIshallaskthee,andletthywordsbeoftruth;forifthytonguedoubleswithme,Iwillhaveittornfromthymisbelievingjaws."

           TheJewwasabouttoreply,buttheGrandMasterwenton.

           "Peace,unbeliever!notawordinourpresence,saveinanswertoourquestions.WhatisthybusinesswithourbrotherBriandeBois-Guilbert?"

           Isaacgaspedwithterroranduncertainty.TotellhistalemightbeinterpretedintoscandalizingtheOrder;yet,unlesshetoldit,whathopecouldhehaveofachievinghisdaughter’sdeliverance?Beaumanoirsawhismortalapprehension,andcondescendedtogivehimsomeassurance.

           "Fearnothing,"hesaid,"forthywretchedperson,Jew,sothoudealestuprightlyinthismatter.IdemandagaintoknowfromtheethybusinesswithBriandeBois-Guilbert?"

           "Iambearerofaletter,"stammeredouttheJew,"sopleaseyourreverendvalour,tothatgoodknight,fromPriorAymeroftheAbbeyofJorvaulx."

           "SaidInotthesewereeviltimes,Conrade?"saidtheMaster."ACistertianPriorsendsalettertoasoldieroftheTemple,andcanfindnomorefittingmessengerthananunbelievingJew.Givemetheletter."

           TheJew,withtremblinghands,undidthefoldsofhisArmeniancap,inwhichhehaddepositedthePrior’stabletsforthegreatersecurity,andwasabouttoapproach,withhandextendedandbodycrouched,toplaceitwithinthereachofhisgriminterrogator.

           "Back,dog!"saidtheGrandMaster;"Itouchnotmisbelievers,savewiththesword.

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