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Chapter 37

           Thedeepprolongednotes,raisedbyahundredmasculinevoicesaccustomedtocombineinthechoralchant,arosetothevaultedroofofthehall,androlledonamongstitsarcheswiththepleasingyetsolemnsoundoftherushingofmightywaters.

           Whenthesoundsceased,theGrandMasterglancedhiseyeslowlyaroundthecircle,andobservedthattheseatofoneofthePreceptorswasvacant.BriandeBois-Guilbert,bywhomithadbeenoccupied,hadlefthisplace,andwasnowstandingneartheextremecornerofoneofthebenchesoccupiedbytheKnightsCompanionsoftheTemple,onehandextendinghislongmantle,soasinsomedegreetohidehisface;whiletheotherheldhiscross-handledsword,withthepointofwhich,sheathedasitwas,hewasslowlydrawinglinesupontheoakenfloor.

           "Unhappyman!"saidtheGrandMaster,afterfavouringhimwithaglanceofcompassion."Thouseest,Conrade,howthisholyworkdistresseshim.Tothiscanthelightlookofwoman,aidedbythePrinceofthePowersofthisworld,bringavaliantandworthyknight!Seestthouhecannotlookuponus;hecannotlookuponher;andwhoknowsbywhatimpulsefromhistormentorhishandformsthesecabalisticlinesuponthefloor?Itmaybeourlifeandsafetyarethusaimedat;butwespitatanddefythefoulenemy.SemperLeopercutiatur!"

           Thiswascommunicatedaparttohisconfidentialfollower,ConradeMont-Fitchet.TheGrandMasterthenraisedhisvoice,andaddressedtheassembly.

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