Symptoms that were raised tothe dignity of an illness in Lady Pole were dismissed as mere low spirits inStephen. She described a very prettyivory-coloured sarsenet she had seen in a window in Friday-street and atrimming o Oh! he exclaimed with as much violence as if he had beenstruck. There are any number of thingswhich Mr Strange could do which would prove his incomparable magician-shipfar better than any mere assurances.
He had never much cared for the world and hebore its loss philosophically. Again and again the French cavalrycharged and Strange took refuge within the infantry square. No gentleman likes to betold to hide, he said, and if Mr Norrell should mean any harm to MrStrange - which He felt that if he had been the Captain he wouldhave spoken to her sternly and made her get up again.
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