text:  The astrologer turned over a variety of mysterious papers as if searching among them for the ciphers that he needed; then consulting the pages of a book he again traced several figures upon a parchment; and at length after the seeming calculation of some minutes he raised his head and addressing himself to the smaller man said-- "You have an enterprise in hand young man upon which not only your own destinies and those of your companion but of many thousands of your fellow creatures depend! Your enterprise is grand your destiny is noble