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Chapter 5

           "Notashekel,notasilverpenny,notahalfling—sohelpmetheGodofAbraham!"saidtheJew,claspinghishands;"IgobuttoseektheassistanceofsomebrethrenofmytribetoaidmetopaythefinewhichtheExchequeroftheJewshaveimposeduponme—FatherJacobbemyspeed!Iamanimpoverishedwretch—theverygaberdineIwearisborrowedfromReubenofTadcaster."

           TheTemplarsmiledsourlyashereplied,"Beshrewtheeforafalse-heartedliar!"andpassingonward,asifdisdainingfartherconference,hecommunedwithhisMoslemslavesinalanguageunknowntothebystanders.ThepoorIsraeliteseemedsostaggeredbytheaddressofthemilitarymonk,thattheTemplarhadpassedontotheextremityofthehallereheraisedhisheadfromthehumbleposturewhichhehadassumed,sofarastobesensibleofhisdeparture.Andwhenhedidlookaround,itwaswiththeastonishedairofoneatwhosefeetathunderbolthasjustburst,andwhohearsstilltheastoundingreportringinginhisears.

           TheTemplarandPriorwereshortlyaftermarshalledtotheirsleepingapartmentsbythestewardandthecupbearer,eachattendedbytwotorchbearersandtwoservantscarryingrefreshments,whileservantsofinferiorconditionindicatedtotheirretinueandtotheothergueststheirrespectiveplacesofrepose.

           

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