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Chapter 35

           Novairorerminedeckedthisgarment;butinrespectofhisage,theGrandMaster,aspermittedbytherules,worehisdoubletlinedandtrimmedwiththesoftestlambskin,dressedwiththewooloutwards,whichwasthenearestapproachhecouldregularlymaketotheuseoffur,thenthegreatestluxuryofdress.Inhishandheborethatsingular"abacus",orstaffofoffice,withwhichTemplarsareusuallyrepresented,havingattheupperendaroundplate,onwhichwasengravedthecrossoftheOrder,inscribedwithinacircleororle,asheraldstermit.Hiscompanion,whoattendedonthisgreatpersonage,hadnearlythesamedressinallrespects,buthisextremedeferencetowardshisSuperiorshowedthatnootherequalitysubsistedbetweenthem.ThePreceptor,forsuchhewasinrank,walkednotinalinewiththeGrandMaster,butjustsofarbehindthatBeaumanoircouldspeaktohimwithoutturningroundhishead.

           "Conrade,"saidtheGrandMaster,"dearcompanionofmybattlesandmytoils,tothyfaithfulbosomaloneIcanconfidemysorrows.TotheealonecanItellhowoft,sinceIcametothiskingdom,Ihavedesiredtobedissolvedandtobewiththejust.NotoneobjectinEnglandhathmetmineeyewhichitcouldrestuponwithpleasure,savethetombsofourbrethren,beneaththemassiveroofofourTempleChurchinyonderproudcapital.

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