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Then he began to question Mr Segundus about thebooks. Mr Norrell looked more alarmed than ever. No more any thing. Ned? Yes, sir? What is it that you chiefly desire? I know it is an odd question, Ned, andyou will excuse my asking it.

He wondered vaguely if he were in London orShropshire. Stephen stood in the rain with a diadem in one hand and a sceptre in theother. Childermass brought it yesterday. Herealized he had been entwined in the wood for years and years.