He looked down anddiscovered that the strings of his polishing-apron were untying themselves. en Dials and Saffron-hill; others were grand andpatrician like Golden-square, St James's and Mayfair. More royal and symbolic personageslounged about upon clouds on the ceiling. Mr Norrell, on the other hand, never once took his eyes from Strange's face.
Yet this feckless, improvident people had invaded a well-defendedChristian kingdom, won every battle they had fought and had ridden fromplace to place securing each stronghold as they came to it. Strange had the strong impression that they possessed fully formed characters,with loves, hates and desires of their own. The idea distressed him a great deal less thanone might have supposed. It contained oneperson of very striking appearance.
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