I have all the particulars concerning the nativity of a man whom I shall not name.

I have read the stars many times for him and on many subjects.

If he is connected with the disappearance of Mistress Jennings, you will find her at a place called Merlin House, six leagues from Westminster and half a league from the Oxford Road." Here his eyes began to roll and he seemed to be under a spell.

He made strange, weird passes in the air for a time, then became rigid, his face upturned and his arms uplifted.

Betty was frightened and drew close to my side, grasping my arm.
After perhaps a minute of silence, Lilly began to speak again in low sepulchral tones: "I see a house in the depths of a forest dark and wild.
It is surrounded by a high wall.