"devil take the Rules"?

Question

This is the whole sentence from a book I read: "I'd have done the same in your shoes and devil take the Rules."
What does it mean? (I understand the first sentence)

Answer 1

The Reverend Mother looked at Jessica. "You've been training him in the Way—I've seen the signs of it. I'd have done the same in your shoes and devil take the Rules."

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That's Dune when the Reverend Mother discover that Jessica violated the Rules training his son in the Way.

That was forbidden, but "in her shoes" (in the same situation)she "would have done the same" and "devil take the Rules" (who cares about the rules).

I hope this is useful to you...

Answer 2

Forget about common rules and follow your own interpretation, not what others expect you to do

this would be my interpretation of: devil take the rules, in this context

Answer 3

Another sentence is "devil take the most".