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Chapter 36

           "Isitpermittedtometoreply?"answeredthePreceptor,inatoneofthedeepesthumility,althoughbythequestionheonlymeanttogainaninstant’sspaceforarranginghisideas.

           "Speak,youarepermitted,"saidtheGrandMaster"speak,andsay,knowestthouthecapitalofourholyrule,DecommilitonibusTempliinsanctacivitate,quicummiserrimismulieribusversantur,propteroblectationemcarnis?"

           "Surely,mostreverendfather,"answeredthePreceptor,"IhavenotrisentothisofficeintheOrder,beingignorantofoneofitsmostimportantprohibitions."

           "Howcomesit,then,Idemandoftheeoncemore,thatthouhastsufferedabrothertobringaparamour,andthatparamouraJewishsorceress,intothisholyplace,tothestainandpollutionthereof?"

           "AJewishsorceress!"echoedAlbertMalvoisin;"goodangelsguardus!"

           "Ay,brother,aJewishsorceress!"saidtheGrandMaster,sternly."Ihavesaidit.DarestthoudenythatthisRebecca,thedaughterofthatwretchedusurerIsaacofYork,andthepupilofthefoulwitchMiriam,isnowshametobethoughtorspoken!lodgedwithinthisthyPreceptory?"

           "Yourwisdom,reverendfather,"answeredthePreceptor,"hathrolledawaythedarknessfrommyunderstanding.

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