Doctor Winchester was the first to speak: "What is the proper time?
Have you any approximation, even if you are not satisfied as to the exact day ?" He answered at once: "After the most anxious thought I have fixed on July 31!" "May I ask why that date ?" He spoke his answer slowly: "Queen Tera was ruled in great degree by mysticism, and there are so many evidences that she looked for resurrection that naturally she would choose a period ruled over by a God specialised to such a purpose.

Now, the fourth month of the season of Inundation was ruled by Harmachis, this being the name for 'Ra', the Sun-God, at his rising in the morning, and therefore typifying the awakening or arising.

This arising is manifestly to physical life, since it is of the mid-world of human daily life.

Now as this month begins on our 25th July, the seventh day would be July 31st, for you may be sure that the mystic Queen would not have chosen any day but the seventh or some power of seven.
"I dare say that some of you have wondered why our preparations have been so deliberately undertaken.

This is why! We must be ready in every possible way when the time comes; but there was no use in having to wait round for a needless number of days." And so we waited only for the 31st of July, the next day but one, when the Great Experiment would be made..