Айвенго

Chapter 43

           Itoccupiedthebrowofasoftandgentleeminence,wascarefullypalisadedaround,and,astheTemplarswillinglyinvitedspectatorstobewitnessesoftheirskillinfeatsofchivalry,wasamplysuppliedwithgalleriesandbenchesfortheiruse.

           Onthepresentoccasion,athronewaserectedfortheGrandMasterattheeastend,surroundedwithseatsofdistinctionforthePreceptorsandKnightsoftheOrder.Overthesefloatedthesacredstandard,called"LeBeau-seant",whichwastheensign,asitsnamewasthebattle-cry,oftheTemplars.

           Attheoppositeendofthelistswasapileoffaggots,soarrangedaroundastake,deeplyfixedintheground,astoleaveaspaceforthevictimwhomtheyweredestinedtoconsume,toenterwithinthefatalcircle,inordertobechainedtothestakebythefetterswhichhungreadyforthatpurpose.Besidethisdeadlyapparatusstoodfourblackslaves,whosecolourandAfricanfeatures,thensolittleknowninEngland,appalledthemultitude,whogazedonthemasondemonsemployedabouttheirowndiabolicalexercises.Thesemenstirrednot,exceptingnowandthen,underthedirectionofonewhoseemedtheirchief,toshiftandreplacethereadyfuel.Theylookednotonthemultitude.Infact,theyseemedinsensibleoftheirpresence,andofeverythingsavethedischargeoftheirownhorribleduty.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 688 з 723