Chapter 4

           

           SoonafterthistherecameintothedarkchambertofetchPierre,nottheRhetorbutPierre’ssponsor,Willarski,whomherecognizedbyhisvoice.TofreshquestionsastothefirmnessofhisresolutionPierrereplied:“Yes,yes,Iagree,”andwithabeaming,childlikesmile,hisfatchestuncovered,steppingunevenlyandtimidlyinoneslipperedandonebootedfoot,headvanced,whileWillarskiheldaswordtohisbarechest.HewasconductedfromthatroomalongpassagesthatturnedbackwardsandforwardsandwasatlastbroughttothedoorsoftheLodge.Willarskicoughed,hewasansweredbytheMasonicknockwithmallets,thedoorsopenedbeforethem.Abassvoice(Pierrewasstillblindfolded)questionedhimastowhohewas,whenandwherehewasborn,andsoon.Thenhewasagainledsomewherestillblindfolded,andastheywentalonghewastoldallegoriesofthetoilsofhispilgrimage,ofholyfriendship,oftheEternalArchitectoftheuniverse,andofthecouragewithwhichheshouldenduretoilsanddangers.Duringthesewanderings,Pierrenoticedthathewasspokenofnowasthe“Seeker,”nowasthe“Sufferer,”andnowasthe“Postulant,”totheaccompanimentofvariousknockingswithmalletsandswords.Ashewasbeingleduptosomeobjecthenoticedahesitationanduncertaintyamonghisconductors.Heheardthosearoundhimdisputinginwhispersandoneoftheminsistingthatheshouldbeledalongacertaincarpet.

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