Chapter 15
Arthur wished to set about the invocation then and there, but Dr
Porhoët said it was impossible. They were all exhausted after the
long journey, and it was necessary to get certain things together
without which nothing could be done. In his heart he thought that a
night's rest would bring Arthur to a more reasonable mind. When the
light of day shone upon the earth he would be ashamed of the desire
which ran counter to all his prepossessions. But Arthur remembered
that on the next day it would be exactly a week since Margaret's
death, and it seemed to him that then their spells might have a
greater efficacy.
When they came down in the morning and greeted one another, it
was plain that none of them had slept.
'Are you still of the same purpose as last night?' asked Dr
