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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1516830" data-attributes="member: 4144">"The same, Baron Walsingham."  Yeats grins a bit at the nobleman's jest.  "Our Order is a young one.  Our first temple here in England was founded in 1888.  According to our founder, however, the Order is much older, with extent temples in Germany.  But some question him.  At any rate, our Order is a loose one, and is mainly a social club of sorts for folk with an interest in the occult.  We have occasional meetings, true, but mainly the members are left on their own, to follow their own pursuits.  "The interest in Arthur's affair here is mine alone, and not truly the Order's.  Also, as I stated, Arthur desires membership in the Order, and I agreed to discuss his enrollment with our Chiefs in exchange for the lore and knowledge he assured me were in that room.  I had no prior knowledge of its contents, beyond what Arthur told me.  I desire knowledge, Walsingham, knowledge above all.  Understanding of the mysterious forces in this world can be gained, I believe, only through learning.  That was my interest here, to gain learning."Suddenly there is a crash from upstairs, and a young woman's scream.  "Rachel!" Arthur shouts, bolting out the door into the foyer.</blockquote>