He was not avaricious; he was not proud; he was not ill-tempered anddisagreeable. In the late afternoon Miss Greysteel, Aunt Greysteel, Dr Greysteel and thelawyer (whose name was Signor Tosetti) And Ithought how there was one man in all the world - in all the worlds that everwere - who would know how to defeat my enemy. The gentleman stared at him a moment as if he had not the least ideawhat Strange was talking about.
Hecould not prevent fairies stealing away Christian men and women. But he too was changed; his features hadbecome more fairy-like; his eyes more glittering; his eye-brows more extravagant. Oh! and youmust take care to let all the world know that your greatest achievements aredue in larger part to me! Mr Norrell looked a little ill. Needless to say, all of these were qualities quite foreign to theircharacters.
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