“She began to scream.”
“To scream?”
“As if she was in absolute agony; and Momma and the four other ladies nearly fainted off their form, they were so perfectly terrified.”
“And—what happened?”
“There was a scream more piercing than any of the others.”
“Oh!”
“The clouds of incense became so thick that you couldn’t see your hand.”
“And——”
“The Occult Operatives sang more loudly and less in tune than ever, and the crystal ball kept on jumping up and down. Then the clouds of smoke cleared away, and the lights went up, and——” The Duchess paused provokingly.
“Go on, go on!”