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Chapter 43

           Hisface,thoughpartlyhiddenbyalongplumewhichfloateddownfromhisbarrel-cap,boreastrongandmingledexpressionofpassion,inwhichprideseemedtocontendwithirresolution.Helookedghastlypale,asifhehadnotsleptforseveralnights,yetreinedhispawingwar-horsewiththehabitualeaseandgracepropertothebestlanceoftheOrderoftheTemple.Hisgeneralappearancewasgrandandcommanding;but,lookingathimwithattention,menreadthatinhisdarkfeatures,fromwhichtheywillinglywithdrewtheireyes.

           OneithersiderodeConradeofMont-Fitchet,andAlbertdeMalvoisin,whoactedasgodfatherstothechampion.Theywereintheirrobesofpeace,thewhitedressoftheOrder.BehindthemfollowedotherCompanionsoftheTemple,withalongtrainofesquiresandpagescladinblack,aspirantstothehonourofbeingonedayKnightsoftheOrder.Aftertheseneophytescameaguardofwardersonfoot,inthesamesablelivery,amidstwhosepartisansmightbeseenthepaleformoftheaccused,movingwithaslowbutundismayedsteptowardsthesceneofherfate.Shewasstriptofallherornaments,lestperchancethereshouldbeamongthemsomeofthoseamuletswhichSatanwassupposedtobestowuponhisvictims,todeprivethemofthepowerofconfessionevenwhenunderthetorture.

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