after numerous discussions with scott reynolds , our new director , and several meetings with the entire council , it was decided that i should make the trip , and that i should use my own judgment as to whether deirdre mayfair was old enough or stable enough to be approached twenty-three the file on the mayfair witches part ix the story of deirdre mayfair revised completely 1989 i arrived in new orleans in july of 1958 , and immediately checked into a small , informal french quarter hotel .