I drew the globe towards me from under her fingers.

“Rum!” I murmured to myself.

Then I strenuously fixed my eyes on the glinting depths of the crystal, full of strange, shooting fires; but I could see nothing whatever.

“No go!” I said. “You’ll have to tell me what you saw.”

“Patience. There is time yet. Look again. Take my hand in your right hand.”

I obeyed, and we sat together in the tense silence. After a few minutes, the crystal darkened and then slowly cleared. I trembled with an uneasy anticipation.

“You see something,” she breathed sorrowfully in my ear.