Abbey_. and with collected gesture fastened her cloak.

 The church which was thereupon erected is still a well-known place for pilgrimage
 The church which was thereupon erected is still a well-known place for pilgrimage.'You look upon me with disgust and scorn.' she said at last gravely. went up to the doctor. They sat in silence. ill-lit by two smoking lamps; a dozen stools were placed in a circle on the bare ground. tearing it even from the eternal rocks; when the flames poured down like the rushing of the wind.'Arthur got up to stretch his legs. but it could not be denied that he had considerable influence over others. Porho?t's house.The two women hurried to the doorway.'And the Eastern palaces in which your youth was spent.'The shadow of a smile crossed his lips. The date of their marriage was fixed.' answered Margaret simply. it began to tremble. It was so unexpected that she was terrified. I am making you an eminently desirable offer of marriage. Aleister Crowley. but.' answered Margaret. low tones mysteriously wrung her heartstrings.Miss Boyd was beginning to tear him gaily limb from limb. The trees were neatly surrounded by bushes. My family has formed alliances with the most noble blood of England. But another strange thing about him was the impossibility of telling whether he was serious.

 kissed her. and. At first Susie could not discover in what precisely their peculiarity lay. went with enigmatic motions.'They can. Some people. they were so nearly wives. I have never been able to understand exactly what took place. Margaret made no sign. the lady of the crinoline. and you're equally unfitted to be a governess or a typewriter. Dr Porho?t broke the silence. cut short.He was surprised. I hardly recognized him. the victory won. and her sense of colour was apt to run away with her discretion.' said Arthur. so that she might see he used no compulsion. I ask you only to believe that I am not consciously deceiving you. The skin was like ivory softened with a delicate carmine.'You've made me very happy. I expect she's all right. His father is dead. but I must require of you first the most inviolable silence. I have a suspicion that.

 was first initiated into the Kabbalah in the land of his birth; but became most proficient in it during his wanderings in the wilderness. The gibe at his obesity had caught him on the raw.'How on earth did you get here?' cried Susie lightly.'Did you ever hear such gibberish in your life? Yet he did a bold thing. He will pass through the storm and no rain shall fall upon his head. she had been almost flattered. Though I wrote repeatedly. It was a vicious face. I remember a peculiarity of his eyes.'He repeated my question. Be very careful.'The man's a funk. some of which were friendly to man and others hostile. it would be credited beyond doubt. but she had heard so much that she looked upon him already as an old friend. and. which loudly clamoured for their custom.'_Oh. and his gaunt face grew pale with passion. But it changed. seemed actually to burn them.'But what does it matter?' he said. kind eyes and his tender mouth. It was an acrid mixture of incense. and we've known one another much too long to change our minds. 'but I'm not inclined to attribute to the supernatural everything that I can't immediately understand.

 This formed the magic mirror. notwithstanding her youth. in the Tyrol. which was reserved for a small party of English or American painters and a few Frenchmen with their wives. and had learnt esoteric secrets which overthrew the foundations of modern science. Next day. His love cast a glamour upon his work. like most of us. He supposed that the weapon displeased the spirit. warned that his visitor was a bold and skilful surgeon. 'That is the miracle which Moses did before Pharaoh. and Susie. She left him to himself for a while. and of the crowded streets at noon. more sinister and more ruthless than Crowley ever was. 'I hope you weren't at all burned. 'Marie broke off relations with her lover. The splendour of the East blinded her eyes. beheld the wan head of the Saint.' laughed Susie.'Arthur and Mademoiselle are already here. and directs the planets in their courses. It crossed his mind that at this moment he would willingly die. regaining immediately his portentous flippancy. if I could only make a clean breast of it all. From there he still influences the minds of his followers and at times even appears to them in visible and tangible substance.

''It is right that Margaret should care for beauty. Though he could not have been more than twenty-five. her eyes fell carelessly on the address that Haddo had left.' he said. But you know that there is nothing that arouses the ill-will of boys more than the latter. and he loses. that hasn't its votaries. Haddo's eyes were fixed upon hers. But with her help Margaret raised him to his feet. When he opened it. Count von K??ffstein. He was of a short and very corpulent figure. all these were driven before the silent throngs of the oppressed; and they were innumerable as the sands of the sea. and to the Frenchman's mind gave his passion a romantic note that foreboded future tragedy. They found themselves in a dirty little tent. Then I returned to London and.'Had Nancy anything particular to say to you?' she asked. for she knew now that she had no money. as Arthur looked silently at the statue.'Ah. of the man's extraordinary qualities. When he was at the door. shaking it off. At length everything was ready. and I know exactly how much sugar to put in. had the look of streets in a provincial town.

 but their wan decay little served to give a touch of nature to the artifice of all besides. because I shall be the King. and could not understand what pleasure there might be in the elaborate invention of improbable adventures. and within a month I was on my way to Paris. look with those unnatural eyes. in Denmark. with palm trees mute in the windless air.'You have scent on. The German confessed that on more than one occasion he owed his life to Haddo's rare power of seizing opportunities. and in front a second brazier was placed upon a tripod. une sole. On the sixth day the bird began to lose its feathers. but merely to amuse herself. hour after hour. he went on. He could not take his own away.' said Arthur. He went down. On a sudden. It was a horribly painful sight.'I was at the House.'I could show you strange things if you cared to see them.' said Warren huskily. intolerable shame. so that I can see after your clothes. hoarsely.

 It was a vicious face. _L?? Bas_. He was seated now with Margaret's terrier on his knees. He has virtue and industry. and gave it to an aged hen. was actually known to few before Paracelsus. where all and sundry devoured their food. for she was by nature a woman of great self-possession. or was it the searching analysis of the art of Wagner?''We were just going. Susie. And the men take off their hats. He was certainly not witty. I deeply regret that I kicked it. but men aim only at power. He wore a Spanish cloak.'When you want me you will find me in the Rue de Vaugiraud.'The night had fallen; but it was not the comfortable night that soothes the troubled minds of mortal men; it was a night that agitated the soul mysteriously so that each nerve in the body tingled. and Susie noticed that he was pleased to see people point him out to one another. because it occurred to neither that her frequent absence was not due to the plausible reasons she gave.' he answered. The bottles were closed with a magic seal. I prepared by the magician's direction frankincense and coriander-seed. but it could not be denied that he had considerable influence over others. Burkhardt had so high an opinion of Haddo's general capacity and of his resourcefulness that.She was unwilling to take it.'Not a word.

 which flamed with a dull unceasing roar.'He gave a low weird laugh. showily dressed in a check suit; and he gravely took off his hat to Dr Porho?t. but by making it to force the very gates of the unknown?'Suddenly the bantering gravity with which he spoke fell away from him. '_It's rather hard. She felt an extraordinary languor. gathered round him and placed him in a chair. for.'The pain of the dog's bite was so keen that I lost my temper. for in the enthusiastic days that seemed so long gone by she was accustomed to come there for the sake of a certain tree upon which her eyes now rested. The German confessed that on more than one occasion he owed his life to Haddo's rare power of seizing opportunities.' said Haddo. She tore it up with impatience. but Oliver Haddo's. I feel your goodness and your purity. the water turned a mysterious colour. and he flung the red and green velvet of its lining gaudily over his shoulder.'The old alchemists believed in the possibility of spontaneous generation. so that he might regain his strength. but curiously had no longer the physical repulsion which hitherto had mastered all other feelings. on one of my journeys from Alexandria. writhing snake. and what he said was no less just than obvious. Haddo's words were out of tune with the rest of the conversation. or is he laughing up his sleeve at the folly of those who take him seriously? I cannot tell. 'I should have thought your medical profession protected you from any tenderness towards superstition.

 He never hesitated.'She did as he told her.''Tell me who everyone is. but there was an odd expression about the mouth. He asked tenderly what was the matter. They walked along the passage.''Do you think so?' said Arthur. Margaret. but his clean-shaven face was full of interest to so passionate an observer of her kind. but at length it was clear that he used them in a manner which could not be defended.''It can make no difference to you how I regard you. Margaret knew that if she yielded to the horrible temptation nothing could save her from destruction. having read this letter twice. half cruel. did not. and she was an automaton. They were made in five weeks. She saw that the water was on fire. and like a flash of lightning struck the rabbit. to announce her intention of spending a couple of years in Paris to study art. 'Lesebren. but the odd thing was that he had actually done some of the things he boasted of. full existence. He might easily have seen Nancy's name on the photograph during his first visit to the studio. which for the same reason I have been obliged to read. The experimenter then took some grain.

'Susie could not help laughing." he said.'Look. with queer plates. When he opened them. 'He's a nice. and. 'I'm sorry. They were gathered round the window and had not heard him come in. Their eyes met. The animal invariably sees the sportsman before he sees it. but more especially of a diary kept by a certain James Kammerer. Don't you think it must have been hard for me.'I'm glad to see you in order to thank you for all you've done for Margaret. deserted him. discloses a fair country.'Susie went to the shelves to which he vaguely waved. for such it was. and knows the language of the stars.She was pleased that the approach did not clash with her fantasies. her tact so sure. Susie could not prevent the pang that wrung her heart; for she too was capable of love.' she said. he saw distinctly before the altar a human figure larger than life.' she said. and unwisely sought to imitate them.

 but curiously had no longer the physical repulsion which hitherto had mastered all other feelings. The sound of it was overpowering like too sweet a fragrance. normally unseen.'The pain of the dog's bite was so keen that I lost my temper. After all. many of the pages were torn. and others it ruled by fear. mistakes for wit. and he watched her in silence.' answered Susie gaily.'She went to the chimneypiece. I told the friend with whom I shared the flat that I wanted to be rid of it and go abroad. at the top of his voice.. But with our modern appliances.'What a fool I am!' thought Susie. I took my carbine and came out of my tent. And what devil suggested. and."'"I will hear no more. A little crowd collected and did not spare their jokes at his singular appearance. There were ten _homunculi_--James Kammerer calls them prophesying spirits--kept in strong bottles. He had never ventured to express the passion that consumed him. I ask you only to believe that I am not consciously deceiving you. for heaven's sake ask me to stay with you four times a year. and its colour could hardly be seen for dirt.

 At the door of booths men vociferously importuned the passers-by to enter." the boy answered. and she began again to lay eggs. were always beautiful. and he loved to wrap himself in a romantic impenetrability. and the Count was anxious that they should grow. was transfigured.''What did he say?' asked Susie. Margaret was dressed with exceeding care. of a fair complexion. admirably gowned. He no longer struck you merely as an insignificant little man with hollow cheeks and a thin grey beard; for the weariness of expression which was habitual to him vanished before the charming sympathy of his smile. something having touched the hand which held the sword. Her face was very pale. The bleeding stopped. Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses or beautiful women of antiquity. and stood lazily at the threshold. The dignity which encompassed the perfection of her beauty was delightfully softened.'We'll do ourselves proud. The pose which had seemed amusing in a lad fresh from Eton now was intolerable. when last he was in the studio. My friend was at the Bar. to invoke outlandish gods. But one cannot say the same of incredulity. but I dare not show it to you in the presence of our friend Arthur. She wanted to beg Oliver to stop.

 He had read his book. blended with the suave music of the words so that Margaret felt she had never before known their divine significance. He walked by her side with docility and listened. There was a pleasant darkness in the place. on the more famous of the alchemists; and. It was said to be a red ethereal fluid. It had a singular and pungent odour that Margaret did not know.'I grieve to see. they were so nearly wives. and Haddo told her not to look round. without moving from his chair. treasure from half the bookshops in Europe; and there were huge folios like Prussian grenadiers; and tiny Elzevirs. She ran up the stairs and knocked at the door. She sprang up. But your characters are more different than chalk and cheese. Susie. and his gaunt face grew pale with passion. though his corpulence added to his apparent age. by the pictures that represented the hideousness of man or that reminded you of his mortality.''I wish we'd never come across him. You are but a snake. At last Margaret sought by an effort to regain her self-control. and is the principal text-book of all those who deal in the darkest ways of the science. 'He is the most celebrated occultist of recent years. full existence. it cites an author who is known to have lived during the eleventh century.

 and wish now that I had. indeed. his appearance. Their eyes met. It seemed that the lovely girl was changed already into a lovely woman. taking the proffered hand. so I walked about the station for half an hour. Her words by a mystic influence had settled something beyond possibility of recall.'Dr Porho?t ventured upon an explanation of these cryptic utterances. he came. which moved him differently. It struck Arthur that he should say something polite. more sinister and more ruthless than Crowley ever was. a black female slave. I was afraid. and Susie went in. and. promised the scribe's widow. but the humour filled me with mortification. go. France. by sight. would understand her misery.Margaret Dauncey shared a flat near the Boulevard du Montparnasse with Susie Boyd; and it was to meet her that Arthur had arranged to come to tea that afternoon. He spoke English with a Parisian accent. She struggled.

 I thought no harm could come if I sent for the sorcerer. with a plaintive weirdness that brought to her fancy the moonlit nights of desert places. and Arthur came in. She left everything in his hands. It was his entire confidence which was so difficult to bear. It was autumn. but not a paltry.'Let us drink to the happiness of our life. She gave a little cry of surprise. with a smile. 'I'll bring you a horror of yourself. She knew that she did not want to go. look with those unnatural eyes. I waited. with a plaintive weirdness that brought to her fancy the moonlit nights of desert places. 'I assure you that.' she whispered.'Don't you know that I'd do anything in the world for you?' she cried.'"Let the creature live. I got a quick sight on his chest and fired. but even here he is surrounded with darkness.'It is guaranteed to do so. as though he spent most of his time in the saddle.'He is an Egyptian from Assiut. he received the philosopher's stone from Solomon Trismosinus. which he fostered sedulously.

 She wished to rest her nerves. the most infamous. Susie's brave smile died away as she caught this glance. The silence was so great that each one heard the beating of his heart.Suddenly he released the enormous tension with which he held her. His appearance was extraordinary. scamper away in terror when the King of Beasts stalked down to make his meal. Only her reliance on Arthur's common sense prevented her from giving way to ridiculous terrors. and was used to say that cricket was all very well for boys but not fit for the pastime of men. with the difficulty of a very fat person. he found a baronial equipage waiting for him. but at last a time came when I was greatly troubled in my mind. I walked back to my camp and ate a capital breakfast. at least. It was uncanny. and the white cap was the _coiffe_ that my mother wore. and in a moment the poor old cab-horse was in its usual state.The water had been consumed. You are but a snake. rising to her cheeks. there's no eccentricity or enormity. She was seized with revulsion. and began.' he said.''I know nothing about it at all.He spoke again to the Egyptian.

 certainly never possessed. When I scrambled to my feet I found that she was dying. must have the greatest effect on the imagination. and darkness fell across her eyes. L'?le Saint Louis to her mind offered a synthesis of the French spirit. to like football. it was because she completely approved of him.'He handled the delicate pages as a lover of flowers would handle rose-leaves. and Arthur looked at him with amazement. As though fire passed through her. and the spirits showed their faces. not without deference. 'Why had that serpent no effect on him though it was able to kill the rabbit instantaneously? And how are you going to explain the violent trembling of that horse. With a laugh Margaret remonstrated. she could scarcely control her irritation. Fortunately it is rather a long one. Eliphas Levi saw that she was of mature age; and beneath her grey eyebrows were bright black eyes of preternatural fixity. scarcely two lengths in front of the furious beast. The bleeding stopped. the club feet. I found an apartment on the fifth floor of a house near the Lion de Belfort. She tried to reason herself into a natural explanation of the events that had happened. she wondered whether her friend was not heartbroken as she compared her own plainness with the radiant beauty that was before her. 'I assert merely that. it had never struck her that the time must come when it would be necessary to leave Haddo or to throw in her lot with his definitely. and creeping animals begotten of the slime.

 The young women who had thrown in their lives with these painters were modest in demeanour and quiet in dress. and they faced one another. as though too much engrossed in his beloved really to notice anyone else; and she wondered how to make conversation with a man who was so manifestly absorbed. because I shall be the King.'I'm desperately unhappy. The throng seemed bent with a kind of savagery upon amusement. it seemed to suffer a more than human pain. A sudden trembling came over her.''I don't know how I can ever repay you. I don't see why you shouldn't now. Susie thought she had never been more beautiful. I ask you only to believe that I am not consciously deceiving you. and in a moment the poor old cab-horse was in its usual state.'I am desolated to lose the pearls of wisdom that habitually fall from your cultivated lips. It had been her wish to furnish the drawing-room in the style of Louis XV; and together they made long excursions to buy chairs or old pieces of silk with which to cover them. it can be explained by none of the principles known to science. and I'm quite sure that she will make you the most admirable of wives. and suggested that his sudden illness was but a device to get into the studio. The splendour of the East blinded her eyes. Mona Lisa and Saint John the Baptist.' she answered. all his self-control. Suddenly Margaret became aware that Susie was deeply in love with Arthur Burdon. The door was opened. 'I'm so afraid that something will happen to prevent us from being happy. He is the only undergraduate I have ever seen walk down the High in a tall hat and a closely-buttoned frock-coat.

 at least a student not unworthy my esteem. clinging to him for protection. I was thirty. I deeply regret that I kicked it. He waited till he had a free evening. He drew out a long. but it's different now. I'll drop a note to Hurrell tonight and ask him to tell me anything he can. and her physical attraction was allied with physical abhorrence. To me it can be of no other use. and the broad avenue was crowded. ye men of Paris.''Don't be so spiteful.'The man has a horned viper. only with despair; it is as if the Lord Almighty had forsaken him and the high heavens were empty of their solace. she watched listlessly the people go to and fro. but him. Margaret had lately visited the Luxembourg. When he saw them stop. in his great love for Margaret. I can well imagine that he would be as merciless as he is unscrupulous. and keeps their fallen day about her; and trafficked for strange evils with Eastern merchants; and. I took an immediate dislike to him. Can't you see the elderly lady in a huge crinoline and a black poke bonnet.''I don't know what there is about him that excites in me a sort of horror. which neither Pope nor Emperor could buy with all his wealth.

 Arthur. and I discovered that he was studying the same subjects as myself. His eyes rested on a print of _La Gioconda_ which hung on the wall.'Levi's real name was Alphonse-Louis Constant. but when the Abb?? knocked thrice at the seal upon the mouth. He was no longer the awkward man of social intercourse. spoor of a lion and two females. and the flowers. and the mobile mouth had a nervous intensity which suggested that he might easily suffer the very agonies of woe. They think by the science they study so patiently. for these are the great weapons of the magician.'Knowing Susie's love for Arthur. cold yet sensual; unnatural secrets dwelt in his mind. The kettle was boiling on the stove; cups and _petits fours_ stood in readiness on a model stand. and it occurred to him that it might just serve to keep his theatre open for a few weeks. It was impossible to tell what he would do or say next. He looked thoughtfully at the little silver box. and Roman emperors in their purple. You'll never keep your husband's affection if you trust to your own judgment. 'didn't Paracelsus.'You can't expect me to form a definite opinion of a man whom I've seen for so short a time. For all that. The narrow streets. She wished him to continue. barbaric.'Dr Porho?t stepped forward and addressed the charmer.

 He wrought many wonderful cures. once won. and it is power again that they strive for in all the knowledge they acquire. one on Sunday night. they appeared as huge as the strange beasts of the Arabian tales. Once a week the bottles were emptied and filled again with pure rain-water. tall and stout.'O'Brien reddened with anger. on returning to his hotel. curling hair had retreated from the forehead and temples in such a way as to give his clean-shaven face a disconcerting nudity. But Margaret knew that. But on the first floor was a narrow room. and he knows it.' she said dully. But you know that there is nothing that arouses the ill-will of boys more than the latter. as though they were about to die. not only in English. His good fortune was too great to bear. and Susie. look with those unnatural eyes. with a capacious smile of her large mouth which was full of charm. and to surround your body with bands of grey flannel will certainly not increase your talent. stroking its ears. And all these things were transformed by the power of his words till life itself seemed offered to her. leaves of different sorts. and warriors in their steel.

 where a number of artists were in the habit of dining; and from then on I dined there every night. but perhaps not unsuited to the subject; and there are a great many more adverbs and adjectives than I should use today. Here he not only devoted the leisure hours of forty years to this mysterious science. like his poems. he will sit down in a caf?? to do a sketch.'They decorate the floors of Skene. rang a tinkling bell at one of the doorways that faced her. 'I don't want to wait any longer. He supposed that the weapon displeased the spirit. who smarted still under Haddo's insolence. was accepted as a member of the intelligentsia. tell me. as was plain. Nearly fifty years had passed since I had done so. His eyes rested on a print of _La Gioconda_ which hung on the wall. and the mind that contemplated them was burdened with the decadence of Rome and with the passionate vice of the Renaissance; and it was tortured. She passed her hand absently across her forehead.'She gave a soft.' he said casually. but his predecessors Galen. They walked on and suddenly came to a canvas booth on which was an Eastern name. 'He interests me enormously. He sought to comfort her. and it was plain that soon his reputation with the public would equal that which he had already won with the profession.' he said casually. who smarted still under Haddo's insolence.

 and in those ceremonies she could find no comfort. for science had taught me to distrust even the evidence of my five senses. the snake fell to the ground. she had hurried till her bones ached from one celebrated monument to another. He had the look of a very wicked. The most interesting part of his life is that which the absence of documents makes it impossible accurately to describe.' he answered. with an intensity that was terrifying. mingling with his own fantasies the perfect words of that essay which. Heaven and Hell are in its province; and all forms. art. and the whole world would be consumed. with the dark.'She remembered that her train started exactly at that hour. But now Margaret could take no pleasure in its grace. and kissed her with his heavy. wondering if they were tormented by such agony as she. such as are used to preserve fruit. he received the philosopher's stone from Solomon Trismosinus.'Dr Porho?t interposed with introductions. With a little laugh. it was the Stage Society that produced the early plays of Bernard Shaw. You won't try to understand.'Nothing. almost authenticated. He spoke of frankincense and myrrh and aloes.

 His forebears have been noted in the history of England since the days of the courtier who accompanied Anne of Denmark to Scotland. and.''Oh.''It is a point of view I do not sympathize with. and a lust for the knowledge that was arcane. I surmise. He had thrown himself into the arrogant attitude of Velasquez's portrait of Del Borro in the Museum of Berlin; and his countenance bore of set purpose the same contemptuous smile. with a smile.' he said. scamper away in terror when the King of Beasts stalked down to make his meal. As I read _The Magician_. her nerves shattered by all that she had endured. into which the soul with all its maladies has passed.'"What else does he see?" I asked the sorcerer. The night was lurid with acetylene torches. full existence. of which he was then editor. of attar of roses.' cried Susie. but she was much too pretty to remain one. He took an infinitesimal quantity of a blue powder that it contained and threw it on the water in the brass bowl. I will give the order for you to be driven home.She believed privately that Margaret's passion for the arts was a not unamiable pose which would disappear when she was happily married. whose son he afterwards accompanied to Constantinople.' she whispered.He was surprised.

 of the _concierge_. and the mobile mouth had a nervous intensity which suggested that he might easily suffer the very agonies of woe.'Nothing.'Arthur had an idea that women were often afflicted with what he described by the old-fashioned name of vapours.''But now I hope with all my heart that you'll make him happy. as did the prophets of old. He missed being ungainly only through the serenity of his self-reliance. Burdon?''I can't explain it.' she cried. I shall not have lived in vain if I teach you in time to realize that the rapier of irony is more effective an instrument than the bludgeon of insolence. amid the shouts of men and women. Soon after my arrival. except Hermes Trismegistus and Albertus Magnus. Letters and the arts meant little to him. and not a drop remained. though an odious attraction bound her to the man. This formed the magic mirror. to steady her nerves. His memory flashed for an instant upon those multi-coloured streets of Alexandria; and then. bulky form of Oliver Haddo. with three tables arranged in a horse-shoe. I walked alone. Can't you see the elderly lady in a huge crinoline and a black poke bonnet. and fair. He will go through fire and not be burned.'"I see a man sweeping the ground.

''By Jove.' she said. how passionately he adored his bride; and it pleased her to see that Margaret loved him in return with a grateful devotion. I must go to bed early. treasure from half the bookshops in Europe; and there were huge folios like Prussian grenadiers; and tiny Elzevirs. He was not a great talker and loved most to listen in silence to the chatter of young people. Her will had been taken from her. He has the most fascinating sense of colour in the world. He will go through fire and not be burned. and to him only who knocks vehemently shall the door be opened_. the pentagrams.'I must bid my farewells to your little dog. which suggested that he was indifferent to material things. till the dawn was nearly at hand. smoke-grimed weeds of English poor.''But if he sought for gold it was for the power it gave him. and Roman emperors in their purple. half voluptuous. and with the pea-soup I will finish a not unsustaining meal.'She was quite willing to give up her idea of Paris and be married without delay. and W.''Will you tell us what the powers are that the adept possesses?''They are enumerated in a Hebrew manuscript of the sixteenth century. the unaccountable emotion. and looked with a peculiar excitement at the mysterious array. and a tiny slip of paper on which was written in pencil: _The other half of this card will be given you at three o'clock tomorrow in front of Westminster Abbey_. and with collected gesture fastened her cloak.