"Keep the circuit, Doc, while I see what I can do.  If I have any luck, they can patch right through this phone and save time.  So hold on." Madame Vesant left the screen without saying good-by, then called Agnes Douglas.  She spoke with calm confidence, pointing out to Agnes that this was precisely the development foretold by the stars - and exactly on schedule.  Now had come the critical instant when Agnes must guide and sustain her husband, using all her womanly wit and wisdom to see that he acted wisely and without delay. "Agnes dear, this configuration will not be repeated in a thousand years - Mars, Venus and Mercury in perfect trine, just as Venus reaches the meridian, making Venus dominant.  Thus you see-"