After stealing Kipling 's pocket - watch , Carnehan found a masonic tag on the chain and , realising he had robbed a fellow Freemason , had to return it .
Three years earlier , Dravot and Carnehan had met Kipling under less than auspicious circumstances .
After stealing Kipling 's pocket - watch , Carnehan found a masonic tag on the chain and , realising Carnehan had robbed a fellow Freemason , had to return it .
Three years earlier , Dravot and Carnehan had met Kipling under less than auspicious circumstances .