Your inamorata, I presume, is young, perhaps fair,--blue-eyed, brown-haired, tall, slender, and yet perfectly proportioned." "She is all you describe," replied Wyvil.
"Is she of your own rank ?" asked Lilly.
"Scarcely so," replied Wyvil, hesitating before he answered the question.
"I will instantly erect a scheme," replied the astrologer, rapidly tracing a figure on a sheet of paper.

"The question refers to the seventh house.

I shall take Venus as the natural significatrix of the lady.

The moon is in trine with the lord of the ascendant,--so far, good; but there is a cross aspect from Mars, who darts forth malicious rays upon them.

Your suit will probably be thwarted.