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"
It
is
gravely
and
well
preached
,
O
daughter
of
Sirach
!
"
answered
the
Templar
;
"
but
,
gentle
Ecclesiastics
,
thy
narrow
Jewish
prejudices
make
thee
blind
to
our
high
privilege
.
Marriage
were
an
enduring
crime
on
the
part
of
a
Templar
;
but
what
lesser
folly
I
may
practise
,
I
shall
speedily
be
absolved
from
at
the
next
Preceptory
of
our
Order
.
Not
the
wisest
of
monarchs
,
not
his
father
,
whose
examples
you
must
needs
allow
are
weighty
,
claimed
wider
privileges
than
we
poor
soldiers
of
the
Temple
of
Zion
have
won
by
our
zeal
in
its
defence
.
The
protectors
of
Solomon
's
Temple
may
claim
license
by
the
example
of
Solomon
.
"
"
If
thou
readest
the
Scripture
,
"
said
the
Jewess
,
"
and
the
lives
of
the
saints
,
only
to
justify
thine
own
license
and
profligacy
,
thy
crime
is
like
that
of
him
who
extracts
poison
from
the
most
healthful
and
necessary
herbs
.
"
The
eyes
of
the
Templar
flashed
fire
at
this
reproof
--
"
Hearken
,
"
he
said
,
"
Rebecca
;
I
have
hitherto
spoken
mildly
to
thee
,
but
now
my
language
shall
be
that
of
a
conqueror
.
Thou
art
the
captive
of
my
bow
and
spear
--
subject
to
my
will
by
the
laws
of
all
nations
;
nor
will
I
abate
an
inch
of
my
right
,
or
abstain
from
taking
by
violence
what
thou
refusest
to
entreaty
or
necessity
.
"
"
Stand
back
,
"
said
Rebecca
--
"
stand
back
,
and
hear
me
ere
thou
offerest
to
commit
a
sin
so
deadly
!
My
strength
thou
mayst
indeed
overpower
for
God
made
women
weak
,
and
trusted
their
defence
to
man
's
generosity
.
But
I
will
proclaim
thy
villainy
,
Templar
,
from
one
end
of
Europe
to
the
other
.
I
will
owe
to
the
superstition
of
thy
brethren
what
their
compassion
might
refuse
me
,
Each
Preceptory
--
each
Chapter
of
thy
Order
,
shall
learn
,
that
,
like
a
heretic
,
thou
hast
sinned
with
a
Jewess
.
Those
who
tremble
not
at
thy
crime
,
will
hold
thee
accursed
for
having
so
far
dishonoured
the
cross
thou
wearest
,
as
to
follow
a
daughter
of
my
people
.
"
"
Thou
art
keen-witted
,
Jewess
,
"
replied
the
Templar
,
well
aware
of
the
truth
of
what
she
spoke
,
and
that
the
rules
of
his
Order
condemned
in
the
most
positive
manner
,
and
under
high
penalties
,
such
intrigues
as
he
now
prosecuted
,
and
that
,
in
some
instances
,
even
degradation
had
followed
upon
it
--
"
thou
art
sharp-witted
,
"
he
said
;
"
but
loud
must
be
thy
voice
of
complaint
,
if
it
is
heard
beyond
the
iron
walls
of
this
castle
;
within
these
,
murmurs
,
laments
,
appeals
to
justice
,
and
screams
for
help
,
die
alike
silent
away
.
One
thing
only
can
save
thee
,
Rebecca
.
Submit
to
thy
fate
--
embrace
our
religion
,
and
thou
shalt
go
forth
in
such
state
,
that
many
a
Norman
lady
shall
yield
as
well
in
pomp
as
in
beauty
to
the
favourite
of
the
best
lance
among
the
defenders
of
the
Temple
.
"
"
Submit
to
my
fate
!
"
said
Rebecca
--
"
and
,
sacred
Heaven
!
to
what
fate
?
--
embrace
thy
religion
!
and
what
religion
can
it
be
that
harbours
such
a
villain
?
--
THOU
the
best
lance
of
the
Templars
!
--
Craven
knight
!
--
forsworn
priest
!
I
spit
at
thee
,
and
I
defy
thee
.
--
The
God
of
Abraham
's
promise
hath
opened
an
escape
to
his
daughter
--
even
from
this
abyss
of
infamy
!
"
As
she
spoke
,
she
threw
open
the
latticed
window
which
led
to
the
bartisan
,
and
in
an
instant
after
,
stood
on
the
very
verge
of
the
parapet
,
with
not
the
slightest
screen
between
her
and
the
tremendous
depth
below
.
Unprepared
for
such
a
desperate
effort
,
for
she
had
hitherto
stood
perfectly
motionless
,
Bois-Guilbert
had
neither
time
to
intercept
nor
to
stop
her
.
As
he
offered
to
advance
,
she
exclaimed
,
"
Remain
where
thou
art
,
proud
Templar
,
or
at
thy
choice
advance
!
--
one
foot
nearer
,
and
I
plunge
myself
from
the
precipice
;
my
body
shall
be
crushed
out
of
the
very
form
of
humanity
upon
the
stones
of
that
court-yard
,
ere
it
become
the
victim
of
thy
brutality
!
"
