'Twixt Dog and Wolf (Valancourt Classics) by C. F. Keary & James Machin

Author:C. F. Keary & James Machin [Keary, C. F. & Keary, Charles Francis & Machin, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943910717
Amazon: 1943910715
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Published: 2017-07-17T22:00:00+00:00

‘O vos omnes spiritus terreni, invocamus et convocamus vos! Ye spirits of the earth, we call and conjure you! Be ye our aiders and confederates, and fulfil whatever we demand!’ Gavaudun with a solemn mien pronounced this prayer. ‘Now for the drop of blood!’ And he turned round to the table to re-read the passage of John of Menz. He seemed to take the lead now, while Raynaud did everything in a reluctant, half-mechanical way as one walking in his sleep. They had all been sitting without their coats, as the custom was in those days; two in loose dressing-gowns, one in a light jacket, and one in shirt sleeves. As they stood in the pentacle they took off these outer garments, or turned up the sleeves of them to bare their arms. Each one made with his penknife or stiletto a small incision in his arm, a little blood was squeezed out, according to the prescription, and exchanged against a drop of blood from his neighbour’s arm, which, as well as it might be, was conducted into the wound made to receive it. It took time; for each one had to make the exchange with his neighbour; each had to make two pricks upon his arm, for only so could he be sure that he had not squeezed out again the foreign blood just imported.

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