Chapter Nine - Ten Summary

It is the Monday after Easter, and Ethan walks to work carrying the Masonic case. The weather is a cold rain and raw gusty wind, like Ethan's thoughts of the night before. Morphy joins him, and says he heard about Ethan and Mary having tea with Mr. and Mrs. Baker, and about Marullo thinking of going to Sicily. Morphy asks Ethan to join him for coffee, and while they are talking about Marullo, Morphy says he has a theory. Morphy tells Ethan that Marullo has probably never been home to Sicily because he entered the country illegally and could not get a passport to go back.

Morphy asks about the Knights Templar case and Ethan explains he is getting some of the feathers bleached and restored. Morphy asks if Baker is a Mason as well, and when...