estion--What are you? Ans. I am three times three, the
Perfect's number of eighty-one, according to our mysterious numbers.

Q. Explain that? A. I am a Perfect Grand Elect and Sublime Mason; my
trials are finished, and it is now time I should reap the fruits of my
labor.

Q. Where were you made a Grand Elect Mason? A. In a place not
enlightened by the sun nor moon.

Q. Where was that place situated? A. Under the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Q. How did you gain admission? A. By the nine pass-words of Knights of
the Ninth Arch, which brought me to the door of the ante-chamber
leading to the sacred vaults, where I gave three distinct knocks.

Q. How were they answered? A. By three from within.

Q. What was said to you? A. Who comes there?

Q. Your answer? A. A Knight of the Ninth Arch, who wishes to be
admitted into the sacred vault.

Q. What was then said to you? A. I was directed to give the pass; when
I did I was permitted to pass to the second door of the ante-chamber,
where I gave three and five knocks, which were answered by three and
five and seven from within, and the pass-word demanded as before,
which I gave, and was permitted to pass to the door of the sacred
vault, where I gave three, five and seven and nine distinct knocks.
(NOTE.--These knocks are answered from within by the Junior and Senior
Wardens, and Most Perfect; and Most Perfect says, "Brother Junior
Warden, see who knocks there in the manner of a Perfect Grand Elect
and Sublime Mason.")

Q. To what do these knocks allude? A. The three knocks signify the age
of the Entered Apprentice, and the number of the Grand Marshal
Architects who penetrated the bowels of the earth. The five allude to
the age of the Fellow Craft and the number of the Grand Elect Perfect
and Sublime Masters who placed the sacred treasure upon the pedestal
of beauty.

Q. What are their names? A. Solomon, Hiram, King of Tyre, Gibulum,
Joabert, and Stokin. The seven allude to the age of the Master Mason,
and to Enoch who was the seventh from Adam. The nine represent the age
of the Perfect Grand Elect and Sublime Mason, and the nine guards of
the arches.

Q. How were these knocks answered? A. By three, five, seven and nine
from within.

Q. What followed? A. I was asked, "Who comes there?"

Q. Your answer? A. A Knight of the Ninth Arch, who is desirous of
being admitted into the sacred vault and arriving at perfection.

Q. What followed? A. The pass was demanded, which I gave an