“I don’t believe it’s worth while....”

“As you wish.”

“Your Masonry disgusts me.”

“It is ridiculous, but it serves for something: it is useful for propaganda.”

“What propaganda are you putting forward?”

“Just now I am a Federal Republican.”

Springer burst out laughing again.

“You’re a Federal Republican! Like my countrymen, the Swiss.”

“You think it’s funny?”

“Very, my lad. You couldn’t live if you went to Switzerland.”