She asked me first of all to bring £1,500 in gold coins and to confide them to her care for three hours.
She scrupulously returned the gold to me after the stipulated time.
"The following day 1 gave her £3,000 in bank notes, which she returned to me the following day. She said that this was not enough money to enable the medium to work efficiently, and I gave to her more than £2,000 in English and French gold coins, jewellery and bank notes, until finally she had about £9,000 of my money.
"The astrologist said to me: Now everything is all right. Go back to your home and do not go out until nine o'clock this evening. Here is the key of my flat. Come back after nine o'clock, open the door without ringing the bell, and I will give you back your money and tell you where the treasure is hidden."
The manufacturer carried out the instructions When he returned to the astrologer's flat he found that ihe key which she had given him did not fit the lock.
He returned the following morning. "The astrologer had vanished. Only then did he call upon the police.
It has been established that the missing astrologer is of Spanish origin, from Barcelona, and that she learned of the private affairs of her clients by employing private inquiry agents.
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