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Usage examples of xanadu.

But perhaps the most singular thing about Mahatma Xanadu was his ability to sell that same idea to swank New Yorkers at ten dollars a customer.

Mahatma Xanadu as though believing that his Tibetan master had stopped in Egypt to pick up the riddle of the Sphinx as a mere by-product to augment his Himalayan wisdom.

When Xanadu gestured to the crystal ball and finished with a hitch of his droopy purple sash, Margo almost broke the tension with a laugh.

With a toss, Xanadu flipped the wadded paper into a bowl that was filled with water, but which lacked gold-fish.

As he turned his face toward Xanadu, the latter bowed and stepped away.

Having delivered an honest ten dollars worth, Xanadu was attending to another customer.

This time a Peke-faced dowager was favored with information regarding her lamented dog Chan Chu who was drifting happily through interstellar spaces somewhere in the vicinity of Procyon, according to Xanadu, who evidently had a dash of humor.

Not considering the way that Mahatma Xanadu was piling up the evidence in favor of his occult powers.

One shocker came when an elderly lady began quoting passages from her will, while Xanadu, keeping his own eyes on the crystal sphere, nodded or shook his head as the spirits recommended the retention or elimination of certain clauses.

Despite herself, Margo was very nearly sold when Mahatma Xanadu came her way.

For as Xanadu plucked up the slip that Margo had folded and placed on the little table beside her, Xanadu delivered what was certainly a hypnotic stare.

With a salaam, Mahatma Xanadu polished the all-revealing crystal and placed it upon a stand to announce the conclusion of a highly successful seance.

From the threshold, Mahatma Xanadu, the man who knew all, watched his departing clients with a gleaming smile.

The future alone would tell, whether or not Mahatma Xanadu could or would disclose it!

Very nice of you, but was that what you wrote on the slip Xanadu gave you?