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1a stand on scIuPles, for tie sultan eo,,l5 not listen 1o them ill their sore s,;r,t unless the lady were delivered n him to be judged for her o!fense, porhaps. being his own nicce. slit' ,roud in fact, suffer no harm at his hands. and. whether this were so or no+ if was better that one should cn- du,e wrong or even death, than many.
 With such words he overpersuaded +ha most of them so that in the end they ross, and went to tue convent of the uoly Cross The stately abbess re- ,eived them in the refectory.
 .Dounhtpr." said the patriarch, you have in your keeping lady named Rossunrna p'Arcy. with whom we de- sire to speak. Where is she:'
 @T,e novice hosanllnd." answered the abbess. '.pr;sys by the holy altar ill the chapel.
 Now one murmured. .She has taken sanctuary but the patriarch said:
 "Tell us, daughter, does she pra! alone:''
 "A knight guards her prayers. Vas the answer.
 "Ah. as 1 thought He has been be forehand with us. Also, daughter sure ly your discipline is somewhat lax if you suffer knights thus to invade yonr chapel. But lead us thither.''
 Presently they were in the great, dn place where the ia'nl's bHln"i day and night. lllere by the altar, built, il was ii,.. jlDt stood to receive judgment they saw q kneeling woman who. clad in the robe of novice, grasped the stonework with her hands Without the rails, also kneeling, was the knight Wuf. still as statue on sepulcher. Hearing them, he rose turned him about and drew his great sword.
 "Sheathe that sword. commanded Heraclius.
 "When became a knight answered Wulf. II swore to defend the innocent from harm and the altars of God from sacrile@e at the hands of wicked men. Therefore l sheathe not my sword.
 Take no nee;i of him." said one. and Heraclius standing back in the aisle. addressed Rosalnund
 "Daughter" he cried. with bitter grief We are come to ask of you q sac rilice-tai you should give yourself for tlle people as our My~:er gave himself for tle people. $alaGt0 demands you as d fugitive of hi% blood. anI until you are delivered to niss. he Will not treat witt uS for the 4.lVi,is of i'lc city. Come forth then. Me }traN you, T riSked ny life ;ta,. I believe all other gave her lite i,osansintl said. that mi&lll c#@a;,e from tho power of the Mosle'lss. Niil not come forth to return to them"
 "Then our neea erin& sor" we must take you" answered tit5, sciiu> sdllenly What" she cried ''You. the patri- arch of this sacred city, would tear nie from the .,AnrsJ..,rj of is iiai..s:t altar: Oh. then indeed sllaA the curse fall upon if aAd you.
 Now they cousl,,tod together, some taking one site and some the other. but the most of them declared that she must be gen lr - s@a!:ttll. ''Gomc of your own will l pray you" said th" patriarch. since we would not take you iy force.
 Then tue ai,hess spoke. "Sirs will you commit sV great q crime: Then tell you that il cannot go without it's punishment. With this lady say and she drew up her tall shape, that il shall be paid for in your blood and mayhap in the blood of all of us.
 Il abSolve you from the sin, shout ed the patriarch, eff sin it ist' "Absolve yourself" broke in Wulf sternly. and know this: am but one man, but 1 have some strength and skill. If you seek but to lay hand upon the novice Rosamund to hale her away to be slain by Saladin, as he has sworn that he would do should she dare to fly from him, before die there are those among you who have looked the last upon the light
 Now the patriarch raved and storm ed, and one among them cried that they would fetch bows and shoot Wulf down from a distance.
 And thus" broke in Rosamund, add murder to sacrilege! Oh, sirs, bethink what you do-aye, and remen1- Der this that you do it all in vain! Saladin has promised you nothing, ex- cept that if you deliver me to him he vii! talk with you, and then you may md that you have sinned for nothing Have pity on ne and go your ways leaving the issue in the hand of God.
 That is true." cried some; "Saladin made no DromiSpS -
 Now Ealian. the guardian of the city, Who had followed them to the chapel and standing in the background heard what passed there, stepped forward and said:
 My lord patriarch, I pray you let this thing be, since from such crime no good could come to any of us That altar is the holiest and the most noted place of sanctuary in all Jerusalem. Sir Wulf, put up youl .-