Two of them were priests, and there were three or four youngmen of military bearing who all wore brightly coloured uniforms decoratedwith an extravagant amount of gold lace and braid. ? ''Of course there is another magician! declared the gentleman, as if it wereperfectly ridiculous to deny anything quite so obvious. I shall not be at home, but give it to Jeremy. Mr Norrell was, as ever, delighted to see the other magician and he waseager to hear all about Strange's visit to the King.
St Christopher's hathung upon a peg behind the door and a marble statue of Lorenzo de Mediciby Michael A He looked greatly relieved to seeStrange and explained that a ship, the False Prelate, had run upon one of 5the shoals at Spithead. By morning the road was in place and Lord Wellington rode along it onCopenhagen -his favourite horse - and Strange rode beside him on Egyptian- who was his favourite horse. He had taken a road in his youth, but theroad did not lead where he had supposed; he was going home, but home hadbecome something monstrous.
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