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I was with him again a few hours ago andcould not get him to talk of any thing but his dead wife and how she is notreally dead, but merely enchanted. It is more than a little odd, continued Mr Norrell in a tone of wonder. When the Protestantreligion took hold in England and saints fell out of favour, florilegia degenerated into meaninglesscoll He had put them on a side-table while he readhis cards.

'Oh!Tolerable,' I told him, 'merely tolerable. No, what she would like would be to go out in a yacht or other sort of boat. He had no expectation of being able to sleep, but atsome time during the night he experienced a little relief from the misery of hissituation. Perhaps, he thought, the magician gavehim something valuable and he is loath to give it up.