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Tuesday 23 September 1930

Bessie starts asking her theatrical acquaintances about astrologers, with the plan of finding out who the astrologers themselves consult.
In the afternoon, the group gets together for a divination; the pendulum points off to the north-east, which seems to indicate one Colonel St John Corbet Gore, about seventy, retired Lieutenant of His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; he has a house some miles outside Newmarket. Bessie calls on Sir Archibald (just leaving on a survey) to ask him to call Sir St John and vouch for the group; he agrees.
They take a train to Newmarket, then call the house; Sir St John is brisk, but says that he’ll send the trap, which turns out to be a two-horse closed carriage.
When they get to the house, Sir St John (walking with a stick) welcomes them, and Gertrude explains the situation; it becomes clear that, while he may not be taking them terribly seriously, they’re an interesting distraction in a boring retirement (filled with hunting, shooting and fishing, but still). He’s happy to put them up for the night, and “if you’re wrong, I’ve lost nothing more than a few hours outside on a rainy night”.
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