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S.W. I conceal.

W.M. What do you conceal?

S.W. All the secrets of Masons in Masonry to which this token alludes.
(At the word "token" the grip performed.)

S.W. I conceal.

W.M. What is that?

S.W. The grip of an Entered Apprentice.

Here follow five questions and answers which refer solely to certain
landmarks.

W.M. Where were you first prepared to be made a Mason?

S.W. In my heart.

W.M. Where next?

S.W. In a room adjacent to a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of
Masons.

W.M. How were you prepared?

S.W. By being divested of all metals, neither naked nor clothed,
barefoot nor shod, hoodwinked, and a cable-tow about my neck; in
which situation I was conducted to the door of the Lodge by a friend,
whom I afterward found to be a brother.

W.M. How did you know it to be a door, being hoodwinked?

S.W. By first meeting resistance and afterwards gaining admission.

W.M. How gained you admission?

S.W. By three knocks.

W.M. What was said to you from within?

S.W. Who comes here?

W.M. Your answer?

S.W. A poor, blind candidate, who is desirous of being brought from
darkness to light, and receiving a part of the rights, lights and benefits

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