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e's magic, Restoration and Rectification involves the use of a tool orkey made specifically for the purpose. ervants learnt ofit and were overjoyed and full of gratitude to Mr Norrell, Mr Drawlight andMr Lascelles. There were a hundred other forms of magic he couldhave used, but none were so quick or so direct and, like most great magicians, the Raven Kingwas nothing if not practical. M'sieurMinervois and M'sieur Forcalquier were known everywhere as French spies.

53A little dead grey mouseEnd of November 1816The following evening in a room where Venetian gloom andVenetian magni Their effect, said Lascelles, severely, would be to stand as a constantreminder to every onlooker of the works of the great Mr Norrell. I very much doubt, Mr Norrell, that I can match you in elegance ofexecution. A week or so later the first issue of The Famulus was published and, owing tothe sensational nature of one of the articles, the entire run sold out within twodays.