sentences:  Both Combes and André were Freemasons, and much of the information had been collected by the Masonic Grand Orient de France.According to Piers Paul Read, "The information, as it came in, was entered on cards or "fiches".These would be marked either "Corinth" or "Carthage"—the Corinthians being the sheep who should be promoted and the Carthaginians, the goats who should be held back.