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He cleared the centre of the room; stooped and drew a circle of red on

the floor, around the spot where he stood; wrote in the four quarters

ns, and numbers which were all powers of seven or nine;

exa carefully, to see that no smallest break had

occurred in the circu posture

As he rose, the church clock struck seven; and, just as she had appeared

the first tilided in the lady Cos, she revealed a countenance worn and wan, as

with sickness or inward trouble, he grew faint, and felt as if he dared

not proceed But as he gazed on the face and form, which now possessed

his whole soul, to the exclusion of all other joys and griefs, the

longing to speak to her, to know that she heard him, to hear from her

one word in return, became so unendurable, that he suddenly and hastily

resu carefully from the circle, he put

a small brazier into its centre He then set fire to its contents of

charcoal, and while it burned up, opened hisand seated hi The air was full of thunder A sense of

luxurious depression filled the brain The sky seerown

heavy, and to coe

pervaded the ath the opencame the scents of