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"
Yet
bethink
thee
,
reverend
father
,
"
said
Mont-Fitchet
,
"
the
stain
hath
become
engrained
by
time
and
consuetude
;
let
thy
reformation
be
cautious
,
as
it
is
just
and
wise
.
"
"
No
,
Mont-Fitchet
,
"
answered
the
stern
old
man
--
"
it
must
be
sharp
and
sudden
--
the
Order
is
on
the
crisis
of
its
fate
.
The
sobriety
,
self-devotion
,
and
piety
of
our
predecessors
,
made
us
powerful
friends
--
our
presumption
,
our
wealth
,
our
luxury
,
have
raised
up
against
us
mighty
enemies
.
--
We
must
cast
away
these
riches
,
which
are
a
temptation
to
princes
--
we
must
lay
down
that
presumption
,
which
is
an
offence
to
them
--
we
must
reform
that
license
of
manners
,
which
is
a
scandal
to
the
whole
Christian
world
!
Or
--
mark
my
words
--
the
Order
of
the
Temple
will
be
utterly
demolished
--
and
the
Place
thereof
shall
no
more
be
known
among
the
nations
.
"
"
Now
may
God
avert
such
a
calamity
!
"
said
the
Preceptor
.
"
Amen
,
"
said
the
Grand
Master
,
with
solemnity
,
"
but
we
must
deserve
his
aid
.
I
tell
thee
,
Conrade
,
that
neither
the
powers
in
Heaven
,
nor
the
powers
on
earth
,
will
longer
endure
the
wickedness
of
this
generation
--
My
intelligence
is
sure
--
the
ground
on
which
our
fabric
is
reared
is
already
undermined
,
and
each
addition
we
make
to
the
structure
of
our
greatness
will
only
sink
it
the
sooner
in
the
abyss
.
We
must
retrace
our
steps
,
and
show
ourselves
the
faithful
Champions
of
the
Cross
,
sacrificing
to
our
calling
,
not
alone
our
blood
and
our
lives
--
not
alone
our
lusts
and
our
vices
--
but
our
ease
,
our
comforts
,
and
our
natural
affections
,
and
act
as
men
convinced
that
many
a
pleasure
which
may
be
lawful
to
others
,
is
forbidden
to
the
vowed
soldier
of
the
Temple
.
"
At
this
moment
a
squire
,
clothed
in
a
threadbare
vestment
,
(
for
the
aspirants
after
this
holy
Order
wore
during
their
noviciate
the
cast-off
garments
of
the
knights
,
)
entered
the
garden
,
and
,
bowing
profoundly
before
the
Grand
Master
,
stood
silent
,
awaiting
his
permission
ere
he
presumed
to
tell
his
errand
.
"
Is
it
not
more
seemly
,
"
said
the
Grand
Master
,
"
to
see
this
Damian
,
clothed
in
the
garments
of
Christian
humility
,
thus
appear
with
reverend
silence
before
his
Superior
,
than
but
two
days
since
,
when
the
fond
fool
was
decked
in
a
painted
coat
,
and
jangling
as
pert
and
as
proud
as
any
popinjay
?
--
Speak
,
Damian
,
we
permit
thee
--
What
is
thine
errand
?
"
"
A
Jew
stands
without
the
gate
,
noble
and
reverend
father
,
"
said
the
Squire
,
"
who
prays
to
speak
with
brother
Brian
de
Bois-Guilbert
.
"
"
Thou
wert
right
to
give
me
knowledge
of
it
,
"
said
the
Grand
Master
;
"
in
our
presence
a
Preceptor
is
but
as
a
common
compeer
of
our
Order
,
who
may
not
walk
according
to
his
own
will
,
but
to
that
of
his
Master
--
even
according
to
the
text
,
In
the
hearing
of
the
ear
he
hath
obeyed
me
.
--
It
imports
us
especially
to
know
of
this
Bois-Guilbert
's
proceedings
,
"
said
he
,
turning
to
his
companion
.
"
Report
speaks
him
brave
and
valiant
,
"
said
Conrade
.
"
And
truly
is
he
so
spoken
of
,
"
said
the
Grand
Master
;
"
in
our
valour
only
we
are
not
degenerated
from
our
predecessors
,
the
heroes
of
the
Cross
.
But
brother
Brian
came
into
our
Order
a
moody
and
disappointed
man
,
stirred
,
I
doubt
me
,
to
take
our
vows
and
to
renounce
the
world
,
not
in
sincerity
of
soul
,
but
as
one
whom
some
touch
of
light
discontent
had
driven
into
penitence
.
