Ernst and Falk: Dialogues for Freemasons, Continuation

The sentence begins mid-word, continuing from the previous page's discussion of why Falk would have advised Ernst against joining. [grown] boy, because he still falls now and then, force the baby walker original: "Gängelwagen" — a wooden frame on wheels used to teach toddlers to walk; here used metaphorically for the restrictive rules and rituals of the lower Masonic degrees. upon him again? I am not paying you a compliment; you were already too far along to turn back from there. Nevertheless, no exception could be made for you. All must walk this path.

I would not regret having walked it, if only I had more to hope for from the path that remains. But delays original: "Vertröstungen" — specifically the act of putting someone off with promises of future satisfaction or information to keep them waiting., and more delays, and nothing but delays!

So they are already putting you off! And with what are they putting you off, then?

You surely know—with Scottish Masonry original: "schottische Maurerey" — referring to the "Scottish Degrees" or higher degrees of Freemasonry that claimed to offer deeper secrets than the basic three degrees., with the Scottish Knights.