D E D IC AT IO  M INO R 
 
My dear Lady S…, 
 
I quite agree with your expressed opinion that no true 
gentleman would (with or without reason) compare any 
portion of your ladyship’s anatomy to a piece of wet chamois-
leather ; the best I can do to repair his rudeness is to acknow-
ledge the notable part your ladyship played in the conception 
of this masterpiece by the insertion of as much of your name 
as my lawyers will permit me. 
I am your ladyship’s most humble and obedient servant, 
 
ALEISTER CROWLEY.