Twentysilver pennies, he said in a slow, deliberate tone as if he were pronouncing arighteous doom upon all the world. I am sorry, Mr Norrell, but ever since I returned fromthe Peninsula it has not felt right to me to call myself your pupil. Say rather when you are next at liberty! Then I shall have no objection toanswering any of your questions. A man may sneeze, mayn't he? I have acold.
This has led magio-historians to postulate a second magician, evenmore shadowy than the first, the Pseudo-Master of Doncaster. Andnothing is wrong, is it, Toby? Or perhaps it is. A book belonging toRaven King or written by him is one of the great follies of English magic. Youelected to summon me because my genius for magic exceeds that of all therest of my race.
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