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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1532996" data-attributes="member: 4144">King's Arms HotelDEDI/Yeats hangs up his coat as well, drawing out Thomas' journal, which he had brought with him, and handing it to Inspector Diggory as he takes a seat.  "Make no mistake, Baron Walsingham, the majority of the claptrap these Theosophist charlatans and others pass off as occult is pure rubbish, fit only to provide the hopeless with idle fantasies.  'Can such things be?' our American author friend asks us.  Yes, as you have seen, such things can - but not all of them folk say." He looks at Dr. Hewitt.  "No offence is taken at your skepticism, doctor.  It is what is healthy, and expected of one in a scientific profession.  I will be honest with you, I never in my wildest dreams expected to be able to procure an actual concrete specimen of an Astral creature, yet here it is."And finally, he turns to the inspector.  "Your feelings are the same as mine, inspector.  All this affair is rooted in simple emotions.  I feel that this situation validates the Golden Dawn's belief that magic - true magicks - are things to be used only with the utmost care, and never in the heat of the moment.  In our belief, the simple fact that it was done in the name of mere jealousy would explain why it went so wrong. "And your concerns match mine.  I was, I confess, wary of leaving anyone in the house overnight, for just the reasons you stated.  Arthur was insistent that he stay in the house, however, and I was content to let him stay, though I was not without misgivings.  I was even more wary of allowing Pastor Miller and Mr. Shaw to stay the night, but Arthur seemed equally insistent.  That is another reason I wish for you to get to the house as early as possible tomorrow morning."As for Arthur himself, I believe there is no cause for concern, beyond those stated already.  The Dionysians, this group to which he belongs, are merely dabblers and fakers who like to clothe their misdeeds in a veneer of 'evil', rather like the Hell-Fire Club of yesteryear.  I personally find them quite despicable, but they are harmless."And I have a concern of my own, one which I shall have to make inquiries about when I telegram the chiefs of the Golden Dawn tomorrow.  That encrypted paper Miller and Shaw were going to translate - the manuscript containing the teachings of our Order was in the same cypher."FYI 2: You guys are slightly behind the two at the manor timewise, as they spent time on the translation.  In gametime, it's about 12:40 am.</blockquote>

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