But what was really very strange was that she did not seem to be able to see into Anna's future at all.

And then--oh well, she behaved very oddly.

After we had gone she called us back--" Sylvia stopped for a moment.
"Well ?" said Count Paul eagerly.

"What happened then ?" He seldom allowed himself the pleasure of looking into Sylvia's blue eyes.

Now he asked for nothing better than that she should go on talking while he went on looking at her.
"She made us stand side by side--you must understand, Count, that we had already paid her and gone away--when she called us back.