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Chapter 4

           TherewerealsopresentaverydistinguisheddignitaryandaSwisswhohadformerlybeentutorattheKurágins’.Allmaintainedasolemnsilence,listeningtothewordsofthePresident,whoheldamalletinhishand.Letintothewallwasastar-shapedlight.Atonesideofthetablewasasmallcarpetwithvariousfiguresworkeduponit,attheotherwassomethingresemblinganaltaronwhichlayaTestamentandaskull.Rounditstoodsevenlargecandlestickslikethoseusedinchurches.TwoofthebrothersledPierreuptothealtar,placedhisfeetatrightangles,andbadehimliedown,sayingthathemustprostratehimselfattheGatesoftheTemple.

           “Hemustfirstreceivethetrowel,”whisperedoneofthebrothers.

           “Oh,hush,please!”saidanother.

           Pierre,perplexed,lookedroundwithhisshortsightedeyeswithoutobeying,andsuddenlydoubtsaroseinhismind.“WhereamI?WhatamIdoing?Aren’ttheylaughingatme?Shan’tIbeashamedtorememberthis?”Butthesedoubtsonlylastedamoment.Pierreglancedattheseriousfacesofthosearound,rememberedallhehadalreadygonethrough,andrealizedthathecouldnotstophalfway.Hewasaghastathishesitationand,tryingtoarousehisformerdevotionalfeeling,prostratedhimselfbeforetheGatesoftheTemple.Andreally,thefeelingofdevotionreturnedtohimevenmorestronglythanbefore.Whenhehadlaintheresometime,hewastoldtogetup,andawhiteleatherapron,suchastheotherswore,wasputonhim:hewasgivenatrowelandthreepairsofgloves,andthentheGrandMasteraddressedhim.

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