Stories of persons and places in Europe . ck, said to his assis-tant, A pagan knocks for admission. The assistant repeated this to thechief door-keeper, and he in turn to the grand-master. See who is the rash being who dares to trouble our sacred labors,said the grand-master. This was repeated back again from one to another, till it reached thefirst man inside the door. He asked the preparer outside, and the answerwas It is a man whom I have found wandering in the forest. Ask his name, country and profession, commanded the grand-mas-ter when he had received the answer. This, like the others wa
Stories of persons and places in Europe . ck, said to his assis-tant, A pagan knocks for admission. The assistant repeated this to thechief door-keeper, and he in turn to the grand-master. See who is the rash being who dares to trouble our sacred labors,said the grand-master. This was repeated back again from one to another, till it reached thefirst man inside the door. He asked the preparer outside, and the answerwas It is a man whom I have found wandering in the forest. Ask his name, country and profession, commanded the grand-mas-ter when he had received the answer. This, like the others was passed Italy. 371 along, the replies returned and written down by the secretary. Ask himhis habitation, was the next command. Then, Ask him what it is he seeksamong us ? Light, and to become a member of the society, was the reply. Let him enter, said the grand-master, and each official repeated itsolemnly to the next, until it reached the door-keeper. The pagan wasthen led into the middle of the assembly, where he was again COLISEUM. Mortal, the first virtues we require are frankness and courage, said thegrand-master. Do you feel that you are capable of practising both to theutmost? If the answer to this and other questions was satisfactory, the master saidIt is well. We will expose you to trials, in which you will find a mean-ing. Let him first make the journey. The candidate who was still blind-folded, was then led out of the baraca,and caused to journey through the forest. His attendant, following 372 Persons and Places in Europe. silently at a distance. But the candidate thought himself lost in a tangleof trees and brushwood, where he heard torrents rushing close beside hispath, and every kind of danger seemed to menace him. If he met all thesebravely his keeper came to him at last and took him back to the same preamble was gone through at the door, except that when he wasagain in the presence of the grand-master that person explained the mean-ing
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