"Qualify not thy wise and necessary resolution," said Malvoisin; "women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours—ambition is the serious business of life—Perish a thousand such frail baubles as this Jewess, before thy manly step pause in the brilliant career that lies stretched. before thee! For the present we part, nor mast we be seen to hold close conversation—I must order the hall for his judgment-seat."
"What," said Bois-Guilbert, "so soon?"
"Ay," replied the Preceptor, "trial moves rapidly on when the judge has determined the sentence beforehand."——
"Rebecca," said Bois-Guilbert, when he was left alone, " thou art like to cost me dear—Why cannot I abandon thee to thy fate as this calm hypocrite recommends?—One effort will I make to save thee—but beware of ingratitude, for if I am again repulsed, my vengeance shall equal my love. The life and honour of Bois-Guilbert must not be hazarded, where contempt and reproaches are his only reward."
The Preceptor had hardly given the necessary orders, when he was joined by Conrade Mont-Fitchit,
