No! No! No! cried the Captain, appalled. Ah, yes, well. Suddenly he was half-sitting, half-lying in Hanover-square with his back tothe carriage-steps. The town appeared to be built upon a steep hillside.
He had no particular interest in magic,but all old books delighted him and it would have been very odd if one or twomagical texts had not found their way into his library. Lascelles and Norrell agreed that the situation was a worrying one. These gentlemen took their claims before theCommittee of Privileges of the House of Lords. The man was dressed in a black coat of an old-fashioned cut, as worn andshabby as Mr Segundus's own, and he had mud on his boots.
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