“I am 23 years old. The next night I had to perform a great operation, because otherwise I would have to wait for the full moon of the next month. I had to force the dwarves to bring the treasure to the surface of the earth, where I would cast my spells on them. I knew that the operation would fail, but it would be easy for me to explain this: while waiting for the event, I had to play well my role as a magician, which I absolutely loved. I made Javotta work all day to sew a circle of thirteen sheets of paper, on which I painted frightening signs and figures in black paint. This circle, which I called the maximus, was three feet in diameter. I made a kind of wand from olive wood that Jorge Francia got for me. So, having everything I needed, I warned Javotta that at midnight, leaving the circle, she must prepare for anything. She was impatient to show me these signs of obedience, but I didn’t think that I should rush…”