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Chapter 39

           "ShehasdespisedmerepulsedmereviledmeAndwhereforeshouldIofferupforherwhateverofestimationIhaveintheopinionofothers?Malvoisin,Iwillappearinthelists."

           Helefttheapartmenthastilyasheutteredthesewords,andthePreceptorfollowed,towatchandconfirmhiminhisresolution;forinBois-Guilbert’sfamehehadhimselfastronginterest,expectingmuchadvantagefromhisbeingonedayattheheadoftheOrder,nottomentiontheprefermentofwhichMont-Fitchethadgivenhimhopes,onconditionhewouldforwardthecondemnationoftheunfortunateRebecca.Yetalthough,incombatinghisfriend’sbetterfeelings,hepossessedalltheadvantagewhichawily,composed,selfishdispositionhasoveramanagitatedbystrongandcontendingpassions,itrequiredallMalvoisin’sarttokeepBois-Guilbertsteadytothepurposehehadprevailedonhimtoadopt.Hewasobligedtowatchhimcloselytopreventhisresuminghispurposeofflight,tointercepthiscommunicationwiththeGrandMaster,lestheshouldcometoanopenrupturewithhisSuperior,andtorenew,fromtimetotime,thevariousargumentsbywhichheendeavouredtoshow,that,inappearingaschampiononthisoccasion,Bois-Guilbert,withouteitheracceleratingorensuringthefateofRebecca,wouldfollowtheonlycoursebywhichhecouldsavehimselffromdegradationanddisgrace.

           

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