No vain chiromancer, no juggler of the market-place, but some more potent and mighty magician of India or of Egypt?
"The Last Days of Pompeii"
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
The old man carefully held the lantern in the best position, while Lecoq, on his knees, studied each footprint with the attention of a chiromancer professing to read the future in the hand of a rich client.
"Monsieur Lecoq"
Emile Gaboriau