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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 161 | THE ORACLE OF MEMPHIS 145 ourite plaything of Helen of Troy. Historians do tell such tarradiddles that one doesn't know what to believe. "The powers of the Oracle are limited, for it will only answer eight questions, and in its own way, but its answers are quite trustworthy-well, per- haps not quite. Let us say as trustworthy as those of Bond Street fortune-tellers at a guinea a guess. Who will be the first to test its veracity ? "I should mention, by the way, that, as each answer exhausts a certain amount of power, the same question must not be asked more than three times. You would like to consult the Oracle, Madam? Then please select one of the questions on this card, and read it out for the information of the Company. "You wish to know" (repeating question). "Good. The answer to your question will be found on one or other of the cards in this pack, and the Oracle will tell us which one to look for. First, however, I must ask you to breathe into this glass. That supplies the missing link, SO to speak, and makes it a sort of personal affair between you and the Oracle." (This is done.) "Thank you. Now I shall place the glass on its stand, and this little pointer" (holding it up and placing it on its pivot) will reveal the correct answer, first indicating the suit among which the answer is to be found. You may notice that it wobbles a bit at first. That is because it is think- |