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           let’sseenow."Hescreweduphisface,thenunscrewedit."AlbertusMagnus-that’sit.Beingtheapproved,verified,sympatheticandnaturalEGYPTIANSECRETSor..."Hepeeredattheceilingtosummonthelettering."WhiteandBlackArtforManandBeast,RevealingtheForbiddenKnowledgeandMysteriesofAncientPhilosophers!"

           "ClaraGoodwater’syousay?"

           "Walkingalong,Ihadagoodchancetopeekatthefrontpages,noharminthat.‘HiddenSecretsofLifeUnveiledbythatcelebratedStudent,Philosopher,Chemist,Naturalist,Psychomist,Astrologer,Alchemist,Metallurgist,Sorcerer,ExplanatoroftheMysteriesofWizardsandWitchcraft,togetherwithreconditeviewsofnumerousArtsandSciences—Obscure,Plain,Practical,etc.’There!ByGod,IgotaheadlikeaboxBrownie.Gotthewords,evenifIhaven’tgotthesense."

           Elmirastoodlookingatheriodinedfingerasifitwerepointedatherbyastranger.

           "ClaraGoodwater,"shemurmured.

           "LookedmerightintheeyeasIhandeditover,said,‘Goingtobeawitch,first-classnodoubt.Getmydiplomainnotime.Setupbusiness.Hexcrowdsandindividuals,oldandyoung,bigandsmall.’Thenshekindalaughed,puthernoseinthatbook,andwentin."

           Elmirastaredatabruiseonherarm,carefullytonguedaloosetoothinherjaw.

           Adoorslammed.TomSpaulding,kneelingonElmiraBrown’sfrontlawn,lookedup.