Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.

You mean to say he became mad deliberately?' ...Nothing is more likely,' said the duke.

Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch.

Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke French to each other. To Strange's surprize Childermass understood perfectly and even addressed one or twoquestions to Minervois in his own language. Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch.

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

Lovers are rarely the most rational beings in creation.

It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know.