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He introducedhis companions; the officers were Austrian like himself, but the priests wereVenetian. There was a deafening crack and the next moment the rain came down insuch torrents that the earth boiled and hissed. Where does the wind come from that blows upon your face, that fans the pages of yourbook? Where the harum-scarum magic of small wild creatu Meanwhile the gentleman with the thistle-down hair sat in an armchairon the opposite side of the fireplace, dire

He picked up the book andbegan to recite the spell. (Here he delved about in a pile of papers upon a little table at his elbow tofetch out a list. Mr Norrell stepped out. A thick drift of raven feathers covered everything, as if a black snow hadfallen.