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Chapter 36

           "Whattheymaybelieve,Iknownot,"saidMalvoisin,calmly;"butIknowwell,thatinthisourday,clergyandlaymen,takeninety-ninetothehundred,willcryamentotheGrandMaster_ssentence."

           "Ihaveit,"saidBois-Guilbert."Albert,thouartmyfriend.Thoumustconniveatherescape,Malvoisin,andIwilltransporthertosomeplaceofgreatersecurityandsecrecy."

           "Icannot,ifIwould,"repliedthePreceptor;"themansionisfilledwiththeattendantsoftheGrandMaster,andotherswhoaredevotedtohim.And,tobefrankwithyou,brother,Iwouldnotembarkwithyouinthismatter,evenifIcouldhopetobringmybarktohaven.Ihaveriskedenoughalreadyforyoursake.Ihavenomindtoencounterasentenceofdegradation,oreventolosemyPreceptory,forthesakeofapaintedpieceofJewishfleshandblood.Andyou,ifyouwillbeguidedbymycounsel,willgiveupthiswild-goosechase,andflyyourhawkatsomeothergame.Think,Bois-Guilbert,thypresentrank,thyfuturehonours,alldependonthyplaceintheOrder.ShouldstthouadhereperverselytothypassionforthisRebecca,thouwiltgiveBeaumanoirthepowerofexpellingthee,andhewillnotneglectit.Heisjealousofthetruncheonwhichheholdsinhistremblinggripe,andheknowsthoustretchestthyboldhandtowardsit.Doubtnothewillruinthee,ifthouaffordesthimapretextsofairasthyprotectionofaJewishsorceress.Givehimhisscopeinthismatter,forthoucanstnotcontrolhim.

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