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Chapter 37

           Bois-Guilbertmadeanefforttosuppresshisrisingscornandindignation,theexpressionofwhich,hewaswellaware,wouldhavelittleavailedhim."BriandeBois-Guilbert,"heanswered,"repliesnot,mostReverendFather,tosuchwildandvaguecharges.Ifhishonourbeimpeached,hewilldefenditwithhisbody,andwiththatswordwhichhasoftenfoughtforChristendom."

           "Weforgivethee,BrotherBrian,"saidtheGrandMaster;"thoughthatthouhastboastedthywarlikeachievementsbeforeus,isaglorifyingofthineowndeeds,andcomethoftheEnemy,whotemptethustoexaltourownworship.Butthouhastourpardon,judgingthouspeakestlessofthineownsuggestionthanfromtheimpulseofhimwhombyHeaven’sleave,wewillquellanddriveforthfromourassembly."AglanceofdisdainflashedfromthedarkfierceeyesofBois-Guilbert,buthemadenoreply."Andnow,"pursuedtheGrandMaster,"sinceourBrotherofGoodalricke’squestionhasbeenthusimperfectlyanswered,pursueweourquest,brethren,andwithourpatron’sassistance,wewillsearchtothebottomthismysteryofiniquity.LetthosewhohaveaughttowitnessofthelifeandconversationofthisJewishwoman,standforthbeforeus."Therewasabustleinthelowerpartofthehall,andwhentheGrandMasterenquiredthereason,itwasreplied,therewasinthecrowdabedriddenman,whomtheprisonerhadrestoredtotheperfectuseofhislimbs,byamiraculousbalsam.

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