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Two
mediciners
,
as
they
called
themselves
,
the
one
a
monk
,
the
other
a
barber
,
appeared
,
and
avouched
they
knew
nothing
of
the
materials
,
excepting
that
they
savoured
of
myrrh
and
camphire
,
which
they
took
to
be
Oriental
herbs
.
But
with
the
true
professional
hatred
to
a
successful
practitioner
of
their
art
,
they
insinuated
that
,
since
the
medicine
was
beyond
their
own
knowledge
,
it
must
necessarily
have
been
compounded
from
an
unlawful
and
magical
pharmacopeia
;
since
they
themselves
,
though
no
conjurors
,
fully
understood
every
branch
of
their
art
,
so
far
as
it
might
be
exercised
with
the
good
faith
of
a
Christian
.
When
this
medical
research
was
ended
,
the
Saxon
peasant
desired
humbly
to
have
back
the
medicine
which
he
had
found
so
salutary
;
but
the
Grand
Master
frowned
severely
at
the
request
.
"
What
is
thy
name
,
fellow
?
"
said
he
to
the
cripple
.
"
Higg
,
the
son
of
Snell
,
"
answered
the
peasant
.
"
Then
Higg
,
son
of
Snell
,
"
said
the
Grand
Master
,
"
I
tell
thee
it
is
better
to
be
bedridden
,
than
to
accept
the
benefit
of
unbelievers
'
medicine
that
thou
mayest
arise
and
walk
;
better
to
despoil
infidels
of
their
treasure
by
the
strong
hand
,
than
to
accept
of
them
benevolent
gifts
,
or
do
them
service
for
wages
.
Go
thou
,
and
do
as
I
have
said
.
"
"
Alack
,
"
said
the
peasant
,
"
an
it
shall
not
displease
your
Reverence
,
the
lesson
comes
too
late
for
me
,
for
I
am
but
a
maimed
man
;
but
I
will
tell
my
two
brethren
,
who
serve
the
rich
Rabbi
Nathan
Ben
Samuel
,
that
your
mastership
says
it
is
more
lawful
to
rob
him
than
to
render
him
faithful
service
.
"
"
Out
with
the
prating
villain
!
"
said
Beaumanoir
,
who
was
not
prepared
to
refute
this
practical
application
of
his
general
maxim
.
Higg
,
the
son
of
Snell
,
withdrew
into
the
crowd
,
but
,
interested
in
the
fate
of
his
benefactress
,
lingered
until
he
should
learn
her
doom
,
even
at
the
risk
of
again
encountering
the
frown
of
that
severe
judge
,
the
terror
of
which
withered
his
very
heart
within
him
.
At
this
period
of
the
trial
,
the
Grand
Master
commanded
Rebecca
to
unveil
herself
.
Opening
her
lips
for
the
first
time
,
she
replied
patiently
,
but
with
dignity
,
--
"
That
it
was
not
the
wont
of
the
daughters
of
her
people
to
uncover
their
faces
when
alone
in
an
assembly
of
strangers
.
"
The
sweet
tones
of
her
voice
,
and
the
softness
of
her
reply
,
impressed
on
the
audience
a
sentiment
of
pity
and
sympathy
.
But
Beaumanoir
,
in
whose
mind
the
suppression
of
each
feeling
of
humanity
which
could
interfere
with
his
imagined
duty
,
was
a
virtue
of
itself
,
repeated
his
commands
that
his
victim
should
be
unveiled
.
The
guards
were
about
to
remove
her
veil
accordingly
,
when
she
stood
up
before
the
Grand
Master
and
said
,
"
Nay
,
but
for
the
love
of
your
own
daughters
--
Alas
,
"
she
said
,
recollecting
herself
,
"
ye
have
no
daughters
!
--
yet
for
the
remembrance
of
your
mothers
--
for
the
love
of
your
sisters
,
and
of
female
decency
,
let
me
not
be
thus
handled
in
your
presence
;
it
suits
not
a
maiden
to
be
disrobed
by
such
rude
grooms
.
I
will
obey
you
,
"
she
added
,
with
an
expression
of
patient
sorrow
in
her
voice
,
which
had
almost
melted
the
heart
of
Beaumanoir
himself
;
"
ye
are
elders
among
your
people
,
and
at
your
command
I
will
show
the
features
of
an
ill-fated
maiden
.
"
She
withdrew
her
veil
,
and
looked
on
them
with
a
countenance
in
which
bashfulness
contended
with
dignity
.
Her
exceeding
beauty
excited
a
murmur
of
surprise
,
and
the
younger
knights
told
each
other
with
their
eyes
,
in
silent
correspondence
,
that
Brian
's
best
apology
was
in
the
power
of
her
real
charms
,
rather
than
of
her
imaginary
witchcraft
.
But
Higg
,
the
son
of
Snell
,
felt
most
deeply
the
effect
produced
by
the
sight
of
the
countenance
of
his
benefactress
.
"
Let
me
go
forth
,
"
he
said
to
the
warders
at
the
door
of
the
hall
,
--
"
let
me
go
forth
!
--
To
look
at
her
again
will
kill
me
,
for
I
have
had
a
share
in
murdering
her
.
"
