Chapter 12

           

           IntheeveningAndrewandPierregotintotheopencarriageanddrovetoBaldHills.PrinceAndrew,glancingatPierre,brokethesilencenowandthenwithremarkswhichshowedthathewasinagoodtemper.

           Pointingtothefields,hespokeoftheimprovementshewasmakinginhishusbandry.

           Pierreremainedgloomilysilent,answeringinmonosyllablesandapparentlyimmersedinhisownthoughts.

           HewasthinkingthatPrinceAndrewwasunhappy,hadgoneastray,didnotseethetruelight,andthathe,Pierre,oughttoaid,enlighten,andraisehim.Butassoonashethoughtofwhatheshouldsay,hefeltthatPrinceAndrewwithoneword,oneargument,wouldupsetallhisteaching,andheshrankfrombeginning,afraidofexposingtopossibleridiculewhattohimwaspreciousandsacred.

           “No,butwhydoyouthinkso?”Pierresuddenlybegan,loweringhisheadandlookinglikeabullabouttocharge,“whydoyouthinkso?Youshouldnotthinkso.”

           “Think?Whatabout?”askedPrinceAndrewwithsurprise.

           “Aboutlife,aboutman’sdestiny.Itcan’tbeso.Imyselfthoughtlikethat,anddoyouknowwhatsavedme?Freemasonry!No,don’tsmile.Freemasonryisnotareligiousceremonialsect,asIthoughtitwas:Freemasonryisthebestexpressionofthebest,theeternal,aspectsofhumanity.”

           AndhebegantoexplainFreemasonryasheunderstoodittoPrinceAndrew.HesaidthatFreemasonryistheteachingofChristianityfreedfromthebondsofStateandChurch,ateachingofequality,brotherhood,andlove.

           “Onlyourholybrotherhoodhastherealmeaningoflife,alltherestisadream,”saidPierre.

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