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Chapter 37

           Themengavethesedetailswiththeexaggerationscommontovulgarmindswhichhavebeenstronglyexcitedbyanyremarkableevent,andtheirnaturaldispositiontothemarvellouswasgreatlyincreasedbythesatisfactionwhichtheirevidenceseemedtoaffordtotheeminentpersonforwhoseinformationithadbeendelivered.ThusthedangerswhichBois-Guilbertsurmounted,inthemselvessufficientlygreat,becameportentousintheirnarrative.ThedevotionoftheKnighttoRebecca’sdefencewasexaggeratedbeyondthebounds,notonlyofdiscretion,butevenofthemostfranticexcessofchivalrouszeal;andhisdeferencetowhatshesaid,evenalthoughherlanguagewasoftensevereandupbraiding,waspaintedascarriedtoanexcess,which,inamanofhishaughtytemper,seemedalmostpreternatural.

           ThePreceptorofTemplestowewasthencalledontodescribethemannerinwhichBois-GuilbertandtheJewessarrivedatthePreceptory.TheevidenceofMalvoisinwasskilfullyguarded.ButwhileheapparentlystudiedtosparethefeelingsofBois-Guilbert,hethrewin,fromtimetotime,suchhints,asseemedtoinferthathelabouredundersometemporaryalienationofmind,sodeeplydidheappeartobeenamouredofthedamselwhomhebroughtalongwithhim.

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