He was excited, almost elated, though Mr Norrell could not tell why he shouldbe. The brown fields were partly flooded; they were strung with chains of chill, grey pools. Well, said Mr Canning, you will not, I think, attempt to deny thatthere is something here that sugge Strange, huddled over hiscoffee, shuddered to see it.
As soon asthe crowd understood who Strange was and what he had come to do, it wasglad to transfer the benefit of its many opinions to him. He had tried again. Itwas not that Lady Pole showed any dislike towards him; but sometimes shescarcely seemed to know that he was there. In early December Mr Segundus received a letter of congratulation fromJonathan Strange, who promised to visit the school the following spring.
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