The London servants delighted in playing tricks on the country servants. Unremarkable as this request was, the new manservant didnot find it at all easy to accomplish. Dr Greysteel dabbed at his sweating brow with his handkerchief andshifted about inside his clothes. Wrong again, Magician! I want nothing for myself.
All recite the samehistory and all use the same arguments to establish their conclusions. It was fortunate that before Mr Norrell could reply, the sudden arrival ofthe Swedish Ambassador in the room obliged his lordship to hurry awayagain. What in the world were you thinking of? he hissed. All the mirrors in the room had been turned toface the wall and, though Mr Norrell spent several hours bent over his silverdish, by the end of the evening he was no wiser.
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