Extract from 'The Perfect Ceremonies...'

• Q: On your admission into the L., did you observe anything different from its usual appearance?
• A: I did; all was D. save a G. L. in the E.
• Q: To what does that D. allude?
• A: The D. of D.
• Q: Am I then to understand that D. is the peculiar subject of this Degree?
• A: It is, indeed.
• Q: From what circumstance?
• A: The untimely D. of our M., H. A.
• Q: What were the w. ts. with which our M. was s...n?
• A: The p...b, r...e, l...l, and h...y m...l.
• Q: How came you acquainted with his D?
• A: By having figuratively represented him when I was raised to the s. d. of an M. M.
• Q: Were you raised, and on what?
• A: I was; on the F. Ps. of F.