Distinct awe pervaded her tones.
Their gaze fixed upon the distinguished seeress, whom Elfreda was solicitously piloting across the lawn to the grotto, no one answered Julia's question.

In fact, only one of their number was prepared to reply to the query.

Having taken the vow of silence, Miriam Nesbit's tranquilly-composed features offered no sign of the significant knowledge that lay behind them.
"Who will be the first to consult Amarna, the Seeress of the Seven Veils ?" intoned the now-returning Elfreda in solemn, sing-song accents.
Very practically she added: "I just now took the trouble to find out her name." "Can she tell the past ?" quizzed Sara Emerson skeptically.
"She can.

To Amarna the past is a freshly written page.

From her occult vision nothing lies hidden.