{"product_id":"2940013168770","title":"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                     Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TOUCH OF BLACK MAGIC                                  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e   I. I RIDE SOWN TO HADDON                             3\u003cbr\u003e  II. THE IRON, THE SEED, THE CLOUD, AND THE RAIN      19\u003cbr\u003e III. THE PITCHER GOES TO THE WELL                     35\u003cbr\u003e  IV. THE GOLDEN HEART                                 62\u003cbr\u003e   V. MINE ENEMY'S ROOF-TREE                           91\u003cbr\u003e  VI. A DANGEROUS TRIP TO DERBY-TOWN                  108\u003cbr\u003e VII. TRIBULATION IN HADDON                           130\u003cbr\u003eVIII. MALCOLM NO. 2                                   163\u003cbr\u003e  IX. A TRYST AT BOWLING GREEN GATE                   181\u003cbr\u003e   X. THOMAS THE MAN-SERVANT                          211\u003cbr\u003e  XI. THE COST MARK OF JOY                            239\u003cbr\u003e XII. THE LEICESTER POSSIBILITY                       260\u003cbr\u003eXIII. PROUD DAYS FOR THE OLD HALL                     281\u003cbr\u003e XIV. MARY STUART                                     302\u003cbr\u003e  XV. LIGHT                                           333\u003cbr\u003e XVI. LEICESTER WAITS AT THE STILE                    360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TOUCH OF BLACK MAGIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI draw the wizard's circle upon the sands, and blue flames spring from its\u003cbr\u003ecircumference. I describe an inner circle, and green flames come\u003cbr\u003eresponsive to my words of magic. I touch the common centre of both with my\u003cbr\u003ewand, and red flames, like adders' tongues, leap from the earth. Over\u003cbr\u003ethese flames I place my caldron filled with the blood of a new-killed doe,\u003cbr\u003eand as it boils I speak my incantations and make my mystic signs and\u003cbr\u003epasses, watching the blood-red mist as it rises to meet the spirits of\u003cbr\u003eAir. I chant my conjurations as I learned them from the Great Key of\u003cbr\u003eSolomon, and while I speak, the ruddy fumes take human forms. Out of the\u003cbr\u003edark, fathomless Past--the Past of near four hundred years ago--comes a\u003cbr\u003egoodly company of simple, pompous folk all having a touch of childish\u003cbr\u003esavagery which shows itself in the fierceness of their love and of their\u003cbr\u003ehate.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147502141680,"sku":"2940013168770","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013168770_p0.jpg?v=1763577702","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013168770","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}