An audible sigh of amazement, mingled with dread of the unknown, swept the little company.

Added to the unexpected materialization of the seeress was the surprise of her costume.

Fancy had pictured her to them as the usual gypsy, garbed in a rainbow of lively colors.

This sinister vision, the cast of whose features a long black veil entirely concealed, seemed to be a creation of the very darkness itself.

If pure uncanniness indicated occult power, then this veiled prophetess of destiny must surely be an adept in her art..