table-tapping

Updated: April 30, 2025

In any case, he permitted Lady Enid to detach him from Mrs. Bridgeman and to lead him through the rooms in search of Mr. Sagittarius. "Perhaps he's here," said Lady Enid, entering a darkened chamber. "Oh, no!" And she hastily moved away, perceiving a large number of devoted adherents of table-tapping busily engaged, with outspread fingers and solemn faces, at their intellectual pursuit.

Robert Smythe Hichens - The Prophet of Berkeley Square