Into the Cellar Dark, and Cold
The nerviest Halloween test is the best. It is to descend into the cellar at midnight, just as the bells are tolling. In one hand, you carry a candle, in the other a looking glass. On the way down, the shadows throw their fantastic shapes into the glass to scare you, but you must walk on and on until you have reached the cellar bottom.
You grope your way on to the furthest corner, and there you stand looking into the depths of the glass. A shape will creep over it until it lies there before you distinctly. This is the face of your future husband. A little imagination is needed to bring out the features, but of course, imagination is in keeping with Halloween.
