Ere it was
finished he gave a sharp and shrewd glance at the stranger, saying--
"The latter part of the sign Scorpio ascendeth, and it is not safe to
give judgment. Mars, lord thereof, is in evil aspect with Venus, lady of
the seventh and sixth likewise, or house of servants. Yet is Mercury
lord of the tenth, and free from affliction. I will therefore try my
skill, though I should fail. The beast thou lackest is either taken by a
servant or lost through his neglect. Stay. The Dragon's Tail, which I
have just placed, being located in the seventh, thy mare is certainly
lost, and will never be recovered."
Dee looked earnestly at the man, who, gathering his features into a grin
of contempt, could scarcely refrain from an unmannerly burst of
laughter.
"Now, o' my troth," said he, "I was but minded to try the skill of your
prophet, and to show your folly. The roan mare is safe, and I left her
but an hour ago with my lad, who is walking her to and fro just out of
the town-fields by Withy Grove, until I have done mine errand."
"Thou art a bold man to say so," replied the Doctor angrily, and with a
glance as though it were meant to annihilate this contemner of the
celestial art.
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