"In the lodge of the Soissons Friends of Truth."
"How old are you?"
"Seven years," replied Billet, making the sign to show what rank he had attained in the order.
"Why do you want to rise a step and be received among us?"
"Because I am told that it is a step nearer the Universal Light."
"Have you supporters?"
"I have no one to speak for me save him who came to me and offered to have me welcomed." He looked fixedly at the chairman.
"With what feelings would you walk in the way which we may open unto you?"
"With hate of the powerful and love for equality."
"What answers for these feelings?"