Travelling card readings By appointment · one visitor at a time Private line
The Veil

Madame Serafina receives

No. 47 · A private sitting · 99p

She keeps a tent at the edge of the fair.

One question. Three cards, turned by hand on the velvet. A voice at the other end of the line, and no one else listening.

Bring the question you have not said out loud. Camera optional. The line opens at dusk.

Madame Serafina at her table: candles, a skull, a crystal ball and a spread of cards inside a draped tent.
Plate I. — The tent at 23:41. Madame Serafina, card reader.

Notice to visitors

Printed at the tent

Bring one question.

Not a list. One thing you have been carrying. I will ask you three questions before I turn a card.

The cards are turned by hand.

A proper 78-card deck, shuffled on the velvet. Three cards, or five if the matter is stubborn. I read them as they fall.

The line closes when the candle gutters.

About twelve minutes. No subscription. No second door. Ninety-nine pence, once.

Come in, love. Sit down. I keep a tent at the edge of the fair, and I read for one person at a time. Before I turn the cards I will ask you three things: what has been sitting heavy, what you hope for, and what you are afraid I might say.

I ask because the cards are only paper, and you are not. The rest is candlelight, a steady hand, and the old habit of looking at what you would rather leave in the dark.

Bring one question. I will bring the deck.

Serafina

Booking slip · No. 47

Leave your name at the tent.

One visitor at a time. Tell me what to call you and what the cards are to look at. The fee is 99p, paid once, and the line opens when I have your particulars.

ParticularsNo. 47
3. The matter
One question. Plain words are best.
5. How many cards?