"So far well. The pistol," said the chief.
A ghost stole up to the speaker holding a pistol in one hand, and powder and ball in the other, without the novice seeming to deign a glance in that direction.
"Do you promise passive obedience to the brotherhood, even though it were to recoil on yourself?"
"Whoso enters the household of the Faithful is no longer his own property."
"Hence you will obey any order given you?"
"Straightway."
"Take this firearm and load it."
"What am I to do with it?"
"Cock it."