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"

But

if

for

any

reason

you

do

n't

feel

inclined

to

talk

to

me

,

"

said

the

old

man

,

"

say

so

,

my

dear

sir

.

"

And

he

suddenly

smiled

,

in

an

unexpected

and

tenderly

paternal

way

.

"

Oh

no

,

not

at

all

!

On

the

contrary

,

I

am

very

glad

to

make

your

acquaintance

,

"

said

Pierre

.

And

again

,

glancing

at

the

stranger

's

hands

,

he

looked

more

closely

at

the

ring

,

with

its

skull

--

a

Masonic

sign

.

"

Allow

me

to

ask

,

"

he

said

,

"

are

you

a

Mason

?

"

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"

Yes

,

I

belong

to

the

Brotherhood

of

the

Freemasons

,

"

said

the

stranger

,

looking

deeper

and

deeper

into

Pierre

's

eyes

.

"

And

in

their

name

and

my

own

I

hold

out

a

brotherly

hand

to

you

.

"

"

I

am

afraid

,

"

said

Pierre

,

smiling

,

and

wavering

between

the

confidence

the

personality

of

the

Freemason

inspired

in

him

and

his

own

habit

of

ridiculing

the

Masonic

beliefs

--

"

I

am

afraid

I

am

very

far

from

understanding

--

how

am

I

to

put

it

?

--

I

am

afraid

my

way

of

looking

at

the

world

is

so

opposed

to

yours

that

we

shall

not

understand

one

another

.

"

"

I

know

your

outlook

,

"

said

the

Mason

,

"

and

the

view

of

life

you

mention

,

and

which

you

think

is

the

result

of

your

own

mental

efforts

,

is

the

one

held

by

the

majority

of

people

,

and

is

the

invariable

fruit

of

pride

,

indolence

,

and

ignorance

.

Forgive

me

,

my

dear

sir

,

but

if

I

had

not

known

it

I

should

not

have

addressed

you

.

Your

view

of

life

is

a

regrettable

delusion

.

"

"

Just

as

I

may

suppose

you

to

be

deluded

,

"

said

Pierre

,

with

a

faint

smile

.

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"

I

should

never

dare

to

say

that

I

know

the

truth

,

"

said

the

Mason

,

whose

words

struck

Pierre

more

and

more

by

their

precision

and

firmness

.

"

No

one

can

attain

to

truth

by

himself

.

Only

by

laying

stone

on

stone

with

the

cooperation

of

all

,

by

the

millions

of

generations

from

our

forefather

Adam

to

our

own

times

,

is

that

temple

reared

which

is

to

be

a

worthy

dwelling

place

of

the

Great

God

,

"

he

added

,

and

closed

his

eyes

.

"

I

ought

to

tell

you

that

I

do

not

believe

...

do

not

believe

in

God

,

"

said

Pierre

,

regretfully

and

with

an

effort

,

feeling

it

essential

to

speak

the

whole

truth

.

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