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Hmm, said Lascelles, I was not necessarily thinking of Childermass. Lord Portishead andJohn Segundus are both theoretical magicians. Bythe end of the day Mr Norrell had given Strange a quite extraordinarynumber of books to read, and said that he expected him to have read them bythe end of the week. Where in the worldcan they have come from, Mr Black? I am as puzzled as you arc.

* He suddenly seized Strange's hand. *There was a pause for the Ministers to reflect that the fruits Mr Norrell wascurrently bearing were not very promising: arrogance, theft and malice. Nothing is more likely. She blushed.