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Rh rest, and only by an occasional smile testified their attention to the general conversation.

"Yes," said the stranger — "yes, we have met before."

"I thought I could not forget your countenance; yet I task in vain my recollections of the past."

"I will assist you. Recall the time when, led by curiosity, or perhaps the nobler desire of knowledge, you sought initiation into the mysterious order of Martines de Pasqualis."

"Ah! is it possible! You are one of that theurgic brotherhood?"

"Nay, I attended their ceremonies but to see how