I learned to read the stars as you Englishmen read your printed books.

Believe and trust, and let me cast the horoscope of your son." "First let me test your vaunted power.

Show me my past, before you show me my son's future." He held forth his hand with a cynical smile, "As you will.

Past and future are alike to me--save that the past is easier to read.

Ah! a palm seamed and crossed and marked with troubled lines.