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Chapter 38

           ThisdoandlivewhathasthelawofMosesdonefortheethatthoushouldestdieforit?"

           "Itwasthelawofmyfathers,"saidRebecca;"itwasdeliveredinthundersandinstormsuponthemountainofSinai,incloudandinfire.This,ifyeareChristians,yebelieveitis,yousay,recalled;butsomyteachershavenottaughtme."

           "Letourchaplain,"saidBeaumanoir,"standforth,andtellthisobstinateinfidel"

           "Forgivetheinterruption,"saidRebecca,meekly;"Iamamaiden,unskilledtodisputeformyreligion,butIcandieforit,ifitbeGod’swill.Letmeprayyouranswertomydemandofachampion."

           "Givemeherglove,"saidBeaumanoir."Thisisindeed,"hecontinued,ashelookedattheflimsytextureandslenderfingers,"aslightandfrailgageforapurposesodeadly!Seestthou,Rebecca,asthisthinandlightgloveofthineistooneofourheavysteelgauntlets,soisthycausetothatoftheTemple,foritisourOrderwhichthouhastdefied."

           "Castmyinnocenceintothescale,"answeredRebecca,"andthegloveofsilkshalloutweighthegloveofiron."

           "Thenthoudostpersistinthyrefusaltoconfessthyguilt,andinthatboldchallengewhichthouhastmade?"

           "Idopersist,noblesir,"answeredRebecca.

           "Sobeitthen,inthenameofHeaven,"saidtheGrandMaster;"andmayGodshowtheright!"

           "Amen,"repliedthePreceptorsaroundhim,andthewordwasdeeplyechoedbythewholeassembly.

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