'I'm sure Mr Haddo was going to tell us something very
interesting about him,' said Susie.
'I wished merely to give you his account of how he raised the
spirit of Apollonius of Tyana in London.'
Susie settled herself more comfortably in her chair and lit a
cigarette.
'He went there in the spring of 1856 to escape from internal
disquietude and to devote himself without distraction to his
studies. He had letters of introduction to various persons of
distinction who concerned themselves with the supernatural, but,
finding them trivial and indifferent, he immersed himself in the
study of the supreme Kabbalah. One day, on returning to his hotel,
he found a note in his room. It contained half a card, transversely
divided, on which he at once recognized the character of Solomon's
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