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Chapter 37

           Behindthem,butstilluponthedaisorelevatedportionofthehall,stoodtheesquiresoftheOrder,inwhitedressesofaninferiorquality.

           Thewholeassemblyworeanaspectofthemostprofoundgravity;andinthefacesoftheknightsmightbeperceivedtracesofmilitarydaring,unitedwiththesolemncarriagebecomingmenofareligiousprofession,andwhich,inthepresenceoftheirGrandMaster,failednottosituponeverybrow.

           Theremainingandlowerpartofthehallwasfilledwithguards,holdingpartisans,andwithotherattendantswhomcuriosityhaddrawnthither,toseeatonceaGrandMasterandaJewishsorceress.Byfarthegreaterpartofthoseinferiorpersonswere,inonerankorother,connectedwiththeOrder,andwereaccordinglydistinguishedbytheirblackdresses.Butpeasantsfromtheneighbouringcountrywerenotrefusedadmittance;foritwastheprideofBeaumanoirtorendertheedifyingspectacleofthejusticewhichheadministeredaspublicaspossible.Hislargeblueeyesseemedtoexpandasbegazedaroundtheassembly,andhiscountenanceappearedelatedbytheconsciousdignity,andimaginarymerit,ofthepartwhichhewasabouttoperform.Apsalm,whichhehimselfaccompaniedwithadeepmellowvoice,whichagehadnotdeprivedofitspowers,commencedtheproceedingsoftheday;andthesolemnsounds,"VeniteexultemusDomino",sooftensungbytheTemplarsbeforeengagingwithearthlyadversaries,wasjudgedbyLucasmostappropriatetointroducetheapproachingtriumph,forsuchhedeemedit,overthepowersofdarkness.

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