Requiem: the Fall of the Templars
“snapped Hugues, as knights filed out of the Chapter House behind them. He gestured to the officials’ building. “In there.”
When they entered Hugues’s chambers, Will went to speak, but the visitor beat him to it. “You need to stop this. Your behavior is starting to be noticed.
It’s been four years since Acre. It was devastating, yes, but it is time you ceased dwelling on it.”
“I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye, Hugues, but I respect you and your position, which is why I initiated you into... the Anima Templi. You have to talk to Jacques. You have to persuade him from this course of action.”
“I cannot do that.”
“Why not?” Will stared after him as he strode to the window.
Hugues looked down on the courtyard. Edward’s tall form was moving among the knights, the circlet on his head a halo of gold in the sunlight. “I tried to tell you in Paris, but you wouldn’t listen.” He turned. “The West is changing. Jacques is part of an old order, still looking to the East, still holding the Cross to Jerusalem.MoreLess
When they entered Hugues’s chambers, Will went to speak, but the visitor beat him to it. “You need to stop this. Your behavior is starting to be noticed.
It’s been four years since Acre. It was devastating, yes, but it is time you ceased dwelling on it.”
“I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye, Hugues, but I respect you and your position, which is why I initiated you into... the Anima Templi. You have to talk to Jacques. You have to persuade him from this course of action.”
“I cannot do that.”
“Why not?” Will stared after him as he strode to the window.
Hugues looked down on the courtyard. Edward’s tall form was moving among the knights, the circlet on his head a halo of gold in the sunlight. “I tried to tell you in Paris, but you wouldn’t listen.” He turned. “The West is changing. Jacques is part of an old order, still looking to the East, still holding the Cross to Jerusalem.MoreLess
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