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Chapter 39

           Itisourcurse,SirKnight,deserved,doubtless,byourownmisdeedsandthoseofourfathers;butyouyouwhoboastyourfreedomasyourbirthright,howmuchdeeperisyourdisgracewhenyoustooptosoothetheprejudicesofothers,andthatagainstyourownconviction?"

           "Yourwordsarebitter,Rebecca,"saidBois-Guilbert,pacingtheapartmentwithimpatience,"butIcamenothithertobandyreproacheswithyou.KnowthatBois-Guilbertyieldsnottocreatedman,althoughcircumstancesmayforatimeinducehimtoalterhisplan.Hiswillisthemountainstream,whichmayindeedbeturnedforalittlespaceasidebytherock,butfailsnottofinditscoursetotheocean.Thatscrollwhichwarnedtheetodemandachampion,fromwhomcouldstthouthinkitcame,ifnotfromBois-Guilbert?Inwhomelsecouldstthouhaveexcitedsuchinterest?"

           "Abriefrespitefrominstantdeath,"saidRebecca,"whichwilllittleavailmewasthisallthoucouldstdoforone,onwhoseheadthouhastheapedsorrow,andwhomthouhastbroughtneareventothevergeofthetomb?"

           "Nomaiden,"saidBois-Guilbert,"thiswasNOTallthatIpurposed.Haditnotbeenfortheaccursedinterferenceofyonfanaticaldotard,andthefoolofGoodalricke,who,beingaTemplar,affectstothinkandjudgeaccordingtotheordinaryrulesofhumanity,theofficeoftheChampionDefenderhaddevolved,notonaPreceptor,butonaCompanionoftheOrder.

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