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Chapter 36

           AndshallthatpowerbedeniedtotheGrandMasteroftheTemplewithinapreceptoryofhisOrder?No!wewilljudgeandcondemn.Thewitchshallbetakenoutoftheland,andthewickednessthereofshallbeforgiven.PreparetheCastle-hallforthetrialofthesorceress."

           AlbertMalvoisinbowedandretired,nottogivedirectionsforpreparingthehall,buttoseekoutBriandeBois-Guilbert,andcommunicatetohimhowmatterswerelikelytoterminate.Itwasnotlongerehefoundhim,foamingwithindignationatarepulsehehadanewsustainedfromthefairJewess."Theunthinking,"hesaid,"theungrateful,toscornhimwho,amidstbloodandflames,wouldhavesavedherlifeattheriskofhisown!ByHeaven,Malvoisin!Iabodeuntilroofandrafterscrackledandcrashedaroundme.Iwasthebuttofahundredarrows;theyrattledonminearmourlikehailstonesagainstalatticedcasement,andtheonlyuseImadeofmyshieldwasforherprotection.ThisdidIendureforher;andnowtheself-willedgirlupbraidsmethatIdidnotleavehertoperish,andrefusesmenotonlytheslightestproofofgratitude,buteventhemostdistanthopethatevershewillbebroughttograntany.Thedevil,thatpossessedherracewithobstinacy,hasconcentrateditsfullforceinhersingleperson!"

           "Thedevil,"saidthePreceptor,"Ithink,possessedyouboth.

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