So Harry Eberhardt’s last job was a fatal misadventure, his reputation is in tatters, and he’s threatened with the loss not just of his job as a government magician, but even of his magical powers. It seems that Fate is dealing out of her left hand when it comes to Harry. But Harry will tell you he still has his sex appeal. Women just flock to him. He’d like nothing better than to go for a ride with a hot woman to a secluded spot. Which is why Harry’s in for an awful surprise or two in chapter 17 of Magician’s Misfortune, “A bird in the hand.”
For Harry, every woman is “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (depicted here by Frank Dicksee (1853-1928))
Sillyverse 
Whaddaya mean fate? You’re the one dealing his cards…
Meant to be a foreshadowing reference to Harry’s encounter with Sanderson in her fortune telling chamber.
Yes, I got it once I started reading the chapter…