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Chapter 39

           "Ay,butthouforgettest,"saidthewilyadviser,"thouwilthaveneitherleisurenoropportunitytoexecutethismadproject.GotoLucasBeaumanoir,andsaythouhastrenouncedthyvowofobedience,andseehowlongthedespoticoldmanwillleavetheeinpersonalfreedom.Thewordsshallscarcehaveleftthylips,erethouwilteitherbeanhundredfeetunderground,inthedungeonofthePreceptory,toabidetrialasarecreantknight;or,ifhisopinionholdsconcerningthypossession,thouwiltbeenjoyingstraw,darkness,andchains,insomedistantconventcell,stunnedwithexorcisms,anddrenchedwithholywater,toexpelthefoulfiendwhichhathobtaineddominionoverthee.Thoumusttothelists,Brian,orthouartalostanddishonouredman."

           "Iwillbreakforthandfly,"saidBois-Guilbert"flytosomedistantland,towhichfollyandfanaticismhavenotyetfoundtheirway.Nodropofthebloodofthismostexcellentcreatureshallbespilledbymysanction."

           "Thoucanstnotfly,"saidthePreceptor;"thyravingshaveexcitedsuspicion,andthouwiltnotbepermittedtoleavethePreceptory.Goandmaketheessaypresentthyselfbeforethegate,andcommandthebridgetobelowered,andmarkwhatanswerthoushaltreceive.Thouaresurprisedandoffended;butisitnotthebetterforthee?Wertthoutofly,whatwouldensuebutthereversalofthyarms,thedishonourofthineancestry,thedegradationofthyrank?Thinkonit.

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