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"

Ay

,

"

answered

the

Templar

,

"

as

well

as

the

wretch

who

is

doomed

to

die

within

an

hour

.

--

Nay

,

by

the

rood

,

not

half

so

well

--

for

there

be

those

in

such

state

,

who

can

lay

down

life

like

a

cast-off

garment

.

By

Heaven

,

Malvoisin

,

yonder

girl

hath

well-nigh

unmanned

me

.

I

am

half

resolved

to

go

to

the

Grand

Master

,

abjure

the

Order

to

his

very

teeth

,

and

refuse

to

act

the

brutality

which

his

tyranny

has

imposed

on

me

.

"

"

Thou

art

mad

,

"

answered

Malvoisin

;

"

thou

mayst

thus

indeed

utterly

ruin

thyself

,

but

canst

not

even

find

a

chance

thereby

to

save

the

life

of

this

Jewess

,

which

seems

so

precious

in

thine

eyes

.

Beaumanoir

will

name

another

of

the

Order

to

defend

his

judgment

in

thy

place

,

and

the

accused

will

as

assuredly

perish

as

if

thou

hadst

taken

the

duty

imposed

on

thee

.

"

"

'

Tis

false

--

I

will

myself

take

arms

in

her

behalf

,

"

answered

the

Templar

,

haughtily

;

"

and

,

should

I

do

so

,

I

think

,

Malvoisin

,

that

thou

knowest

not

one

of

the

Order

,

who

will

keep

his

saddle

before

the

point

of

my

lance

.

"

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"

Ay

,

but

thou

forgettest

,

"

said

the

wily

adviser

,

"

thou

wilt

have

neither

leisure

nor

opportunity

to

execute

this

mad

project

.

Go

to

Lucas

Beaumanoir

,

and

say

thou

hast

renounced

thy

vow

of

obedience

,

and

see

how

long

the

despotic

old

man

will

leave

thee

in

personal

freedom

.

The

words

shall

scarce

have

left

thy

lips

,

ere

thou

wilt

either

be

an

hundred

feet

under

ground

,

in

the

dungeon

of

the

Preceptory

,

to

abide

trial

as

a

recreant

knight

;

or

,

if

his

opinion

holds

concerning

thy

possession

,

thou

wilt

be

enjoying

straw

,

darkness

,

and

chains

,

in

some

distant

convent

cell

,

stunned

with

exorcisms

,

and

drenched

with

holy

water

,

to

expel

the

foul

fiend

which

hath

obtained

dominion

over

thee

.

Thou

must

to

the

lists

,

Brian

,

or

thou

art

a

lost

and

dishonoured

man

.

"

"

I

will

break

forth

and

fly

,

"

said

Bois-Guilbert

--

"

fly

to

some

distant

land

,

to

which

folly

and

fanaticism

have

not

yet

found

their

way

.

No

drop

of

the

blood

of

this

most

excellent

creature

shall

be

spilled

by

my

sanction

.

"

"

Thou

canst

not

fly

,

"

said

the

Preceptor

;

"

thy

ravings

have

excited

suspicion

,

and

thou

wilt

not

be

permitted

to

leave

the

Preceptory

.

Go

and

make

the

essay

--

present

thyself

before

the

gate

,

and

command

the

bridge

to

be

lowered

,

and

mark

what

answer

thou

shalt

receive

.

--

Thou

are

surprised

and

offended

;

but

is

it

not

the

better

for

thee

?

Wert

thou

to

fly

,

what

would

ensue

but

the

reversal

of

thy

arms

,

the

dishonour

of

thine

ancestry

,

the

degradation

of

thy

rank

?

--

Think

on

it

.

Where

shall

thine

old

companions

in

arms

hide

their

heads

when

Brian

de

Bois-Guilbert

,

the

best

lance

of

the

Templars

,

is

proclaimed

recreant

,

amid

the

hisses

of

the

assembled

people

?

What

grief

will

be

at

the

Court

of

France

!

With

what

joy

will

the

haughty

Richard

hear

the

news

,

that

the

knight

that

set

him

hard

in

Palestine

,

and

well-nigh

darkened

his

renown

,

has

lost

fame

and

honour

for

a

Jewish

girl

,

whom

he

could

not

even

save

by

so

costly

a

sacrifice

!

"

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"

Malvoisin

,

"

said

the

Knight

,

"

I

thank

thee

--

thou

hast

touched

the

string

at

which

my

heart

most

readily

thrills

!

--

Come

of

it

what

may

,

recreant

shall

never

be

added

to

the

name

of

Bois-Guilbert

.

Would

to

God

,

Richard

,

or

any

of

his

vaunting

minions

of

England

,

would

appear

in

these

lists

!

But

they

will

be

empty

--

no

one

will

risk

to

break

a

lance

for

the

innocent

,

the

forlorn

.

"

"

The

better

for

thee

,

if

it

prove

so

,

"

said

the

Preceptor

;

"

if

no

champion

appears

,

it

is

not

by

thy

means

that

this

unlucky

damsel

shall

die

,

but

by

the

doom

of

the

Grand

Master

,

with

whom

rests

all

the

blame

,

and

who

will

count

that

blame

for

praise

and

commendation

.

"

"

True

,

"

said

Bois-Guilbert

;

"

if

no

champion

appears

,

I

am

but

a

part

of

the

pageant

,

sitting

indeed

on

horseback

in

the

lists

,

but

having

no

part

in

what

is

to

follow

.

"

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