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   A:  Try Brethren.
   P:  Exactly what I'm doing. Can he not give something that only
I know, or something that not even I know, but can make
out once he gives me the clue?
   A:  Shews a black T-square and draws 3 lines through the long
part, across so as to divide it into 4 parts. _(S. rather dis_
_tressed.)_ 1st _(top)_ space marked 4, 2nd 8, 3rd 12, 4th 0
_(Zero)_ and that one P. must find out which it is. Through the
T-square he draws a cross, so that if there were 2 T-squares it
would make a square. His hand points to the free end,
toward the Nuith. Ask me about 9.*
   P:  Consider yourself asked.
   A:  9 is the number of a page in a book.
   P:  What book?
   A:  A book of voyages.{i}
   P:  We have none in stock. What book?
   A:  A book of fools.
   P:  What book of fools?
   A:  ( . . . )
   P:  What is on this page 9?
   S:  Is there a book of saints? He shewed me the book ( . . . )
Book of Job.ß _(This from the first, but it was written in a_
_language unknown to S.)_
   P:  Let A. give S. a mystic name for P. to call her by.
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   A:  ( . . . )
   S:  I won't tell you.
   P:  Please tell me.
   S:  He says the name should be that of the 7th virgin, and I
won't be a virgin.
   P:  What is that name? _(I am having to repeat things a lot, and to_
_wait. What is that name? What is that name? What is that_
_name?)_
   S:  2 or 3 times he shewed me a V.I. ( . . . )
   P:  Is it Seer's fault or P.'s that these communications are so
futile? Or his own?
   A:  If you can translate 9 you will not find it futile.
   P:  Well, how can I identify this book?
   A:  ( . . . )
   P:  Is there a copy in my possession now and here?
   A:  No.
   P:  Where can I find it?
   A:  London.
   P:  Probably. In my office?
   S:  Are there black bookshelves in your office?
   P:  Dark brown.
   S:  No, black!
   P:  I don't think so.
   S:  The book is marked with a crown, and under XX1.
   P:  Further details, please. _(P. goes to examine his private book_
_of invocation which has a crown. On p. 9 is an invocation_
_of the _A. Seph. Am._)_
_   _S:  He shows another book with a blazing sun, and covers in
gold.
   A:  The _Book IV_. Your instruction to the Brothers.
   P:  Then I'm not to publish it?
   A:  Gives silence sign.
   P:  I understand by that that I am not to publish it.
   A:  Never. Never never never never. But you are to find it.
   S:  He shews gold ring with a {Moon}  woven in it.
   P:  Any letters?
   S:  I don't believe he's said what he came to say at all.
   P:  Let him dictate slowly and clearly his message. I will go and
look for this _Book IV_ if I have ( . . . ) sufficient.
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   [P:]  . . . Does he wish to go on with this very unsatisfactory
conversation?
   A:  Go to London, find _Book IV,_ and return it to the Brothers.
   P:  Where is _Book IV?_
   A:  In London.
   P:  Where in London?
   A:  _(S.)_ Is there any place in London `Sign of the New Moon'? --
you know.
   P:  Probably dozens.
   A:  Ask Hendersons.
   P:  What will the contents of _Book IV_ enable me to do?
   A:  To finish the work begun ( . . . ). To point out a voyage.
   S:  Is Henderson on Regent Street?
   P:  I think so.
   S:  Sees envelope with a Star and New Moon addressed to them.