The Almost Cartomancy Reading in the Silent Film "Les "Vampires"

Since I've been immersed in the silent film classic Les Vampires and am quite infatuated with Irma Vep, the leading villain, it only stands to reason that I'd want her on a deck of cards. There was seemingly no such deck created so one must settle for a scene in the last chapter of the 6+ hour saga where a house maid, recently widowed by the devious actions of The Vampires (a crime syndicate not actual bloodsuckers), gives starts to give herself a card reading to determine her fate. 

The maid Augustine has two false start attempts but the actual reading never comes off. Being that she is superstitious and subsequently gets and invitation from The Vampires, albeit not under that guise, via a hand-delivered note for a special discreet reading (not suspicious at all!) that will reveal all the mysteries and her future. What it does is almost get her killed but we shall offer no spoilers here.

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