Possible Clues:

• Still unwise to forecast?
• Be a sign or warning of (an event)
• Forecast, foreshadow
• Signal given by servant going round residence
• Omen about end of Romans seen in part of book
• Be an advance sign of, portend
• Forecast made before the Age of Enlightenment?
• Before wise man reveals foreboding
• Quietly agrees that could be some omen
• Sign of the future