It was a Masonic sign Caderousse had taught him.

这是卡德·罗斯教他的暗号。

Under their masonic aprons and emblems he could not help seeing the uniforms and the decorations they were striving after in mundane life.

在他们的围裙和会徽底下，他看见他们平日经过努力而得到的制服和十字勋章。

There were unanswered questions, of course-the Masonic Pyramid and the Lost Word among them-but he sensed that the answers, if they even existed, were not for him.

当然还有无法回答的问题——其中有共济会金字塔和遗失的文字—可是他意识到这些答案，要是真的存在，不是他想要的。

Nonetheless, Lewis had been successful in publishing territorial laws, supporting St. Louis's inaugural newspaper, and establishing the first Masonic lodge in Missouri.

尽管如此，刘易斯仍然成功的颁布了地方法律，开办了圣路易斯州报纸，并创办了第一个密苏里共济会。

He finds a severed hand (Solomon's) marked with Masonic symbols, pointing to an 1865 painting of George Washington depicted as a pagan god. This is certainly terrible.

他看到了所罗门先生的断手，上面纹有共济会标志，正好指向一幅创作于1865年，以异教神祇面目出现的乔治-华盛顿肖像。