This meeting ended in Mr Norrell'soffering to take Mr Strange as a pupil. Buteven in winter the views can be very striking. It wasone of the peculiarities of his strange, enchanted life that it did not matterwhere he went, no one remarked upon the incongruity of a negro servantpossessing the finest horse in the kingdom. Stephen picked up thenightshirt, shook out the creases, carefully folded it up and placed it neatlyon a stool in the corner.
Childermass shrugged. Just then the fashionably dressed lady took a step towards him. The following day, Strange, as whimsical and contradictory as ever, wasinclined to regret his break with Mr Norrell. Sir Walter was a well-bred man and greatlydisliked leaving any guest alone in his house.
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