The instantthat he closed the lid of the cash-box, the room became dark and for the firsttime they realized that they had been seeing each other by the light of theeerie coins. Ha! cried Strange, delighted. Itoccurred to him that a while ago the little man had begged to introducehimself, yet somehow he had neglected actually to do it. Thereare many books which, to be perfectly frank, I would not be quite comfortablein recommending to Mr Strange yet; he is not ready for them.
One lady, having got to the end of her raptures, began to speak of theweather to the other lady. A young man was standing there. I made them, said Strange, out of the sand. Periodicals concerned with thepractice of magic, such as The Friends of English Magic and The ModernMagician, were everywhere scattered about the house.
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