:15:01
As you know,
we took them at the Degumber border...
:15:05
...so there's a question
of jurisdiction.
:15:08
But a charge of conspiracy
to blackmail might be brought.
:15:12
l didn't lay this information before
you as a criminal prosecution.
:15:17
Only to save their lives.
:15:19
May l ask what particular interest
you have in these scoundrels?
:15:23
Well, they happen to be...
:15:27
...Freemasons. Like myself.
:15:29
Freemasons? Them? l'd think
you'd strike them off your roll!
:15:33
Oh, once a Mason, always a Mason.
:15:36
Never could understand how
pukka chaps like you can go about...
:15:41
...wearing aprons and sashes
and shaking hands with strangers.
:15:46
What is Masonry, Kipling?
:15:48
lt's an ancient order...
:15:50
...dedicated to the brotherhood
of man, under the eye of God.
:15:54
We should have left that behind
in England. lt can never work here.
:15:59
There are tales that it did work here,
before we came.
:16:03
Some audacious scholars
can trace it...
:16:05
...to the builders
of Solomon's Temple.
:16:08
-Old wives' tales, l suspect.
-Yes, in all likelihood, sir.
:16:14
Well, let's have a look
at your lodge brothers.
:16:24
Right turn.
:16:30
Halt.
:16:32
Hats off!
:16:35
You men are not under arrest...
:16:38
...thanks to Mr. Kipling, who's a real
correspondent for The Northern Star.
:16:43
But both of you richly deserve
to be in jail.
:16:48
l have your records before me.
:16:50
There's everything
from smuggling to swindling...
:16:53
...receiving stolen goods
and barefaced blackmail!
:16:57
l resent the accusation.
:16:59
lt is blackmail to threaten
to publish information.