and though we are large and extremely secure , we are always on the lookout for new members , for people who will respect our passivity and our slow and thorough methods , people who find the investigation of the occult as fascinating as we do , people who have been gifted with an extraordinary talent such as the power you have in your hands 'now when i first read of you , i have to confess , i knew nothing about any connection between you and rowan may-fair or the house on first street .