And have you found any magical texts in my library? asked Mrs Lennox. And so there can be no harm in attempting it, canthere? The instructions called for a mirror and some dead flowers,* so Strange andHenry lifted a mirror off the wall and laid it upon the table. No, indeed, agreed the gentleman. on end; andmayors and aldermen did not suddenly develop a lively interest in negroservants they had never seen.
The shop ought to have beenas dark as the inside of a tea-caddy, but instead it was filled with a soft, goldenlight which appeared to emanate from something golden which lay upon thecountertop. Long years of collecting and repeating malicious gossipabout his acquaintance had made him adept at remembering names andfacts. He then proceededto recite in its entirety the prophecy which he had already performed for thebenefit of Mr Norrell in the library at Hanover-square. That is thebeginning and end of me and the beginning and the end of you.
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