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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 67 | THOSE NAUGHTY KNAVES 51 Majesty had the misfortune to develop a mole upon her nose, and King Cole was worried about it. He consulted Old Moore and Zadkiel, and all the lead- ing astrologers of the day, but all they could tell him was 'A mole upon the face Shows that something will take place, But not what that something will be.' That's just my case. My prophetic thumb merely tells me that something is wrong, but doesn't say what. It may be drains, or the house on fire, or something in the county court. You never can tell! "Of course it's nothing of that sort now. In the present case it has no doubt something to do with the experiment I want to show you. You chose your card quite freely, did you not, Madam? It never matters to me in the least what card is chosen, with the exception of one particular card, which is a holy terror. May I ask if you happened to draw the knave of clubs ? Yes ? I feared as much. The knave of clubs is the bane of my life. He is always endeavouring to get himself chosen, and then he does his best to upset my arrange- ments. And the worst of it is, he leads away the other three knaves. The four of them form a secret society, which they call "The cheerful black- guards.' The knave of clubs is the president, and the rest have to do just as he tells them. He com- |