I had a great friend, now in the trenches, alas, who possessed Power.

He used to come to my Wednesdays--at least I used to invite him to come, but he was dreamy like you and constantly mistook the date.

He helped me enormously, and I miss him....

Well, the truest charity should be anything but formal, I think, and I saw at a glance that your case was exceptional, and that you also were Occult----" "How d'you mean--occult ?" asked the witch.

"Do you mean just knowing magic ?" "A strange mixture," mused Miss Ford self-consciously.