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[two-thirds]The Select Master – the preparation for the building of the temple having commenced in the Mark Degree, The Three Grand Masters are anxious as the sacred treasures and the Ark of the Covenant could be lost forever in the event of the temple being sacked, they therefore arrange a small number of select masons, sworn to secrecy, to construct a secret vault beneath the Holy of Holies and deposit the sacred treasures therein.[/two-thirds]