Norrell is busy most of week assisting remotely -- Gilbert Norrell in a warzone, of his own creating? Perish the thought!
He sends fogs and rains, animates statues to assist, does obscure and precise pieces of magic that clearly have some power, cast from out in Westminster as they are and still strong enough to work here, but does not deign to show his face lest someone punch it.
Once most of the rabble are calmed, however, he walks through -- Childermass at his side and Hillingdon escorts quietly shadowing him too. Paying, it turns out, can buy you friends -- if temporarily. Once he spots Elizabeth, however, he pauses -- eyes wide -- and changes track to come to her side.
"Miss DeWitt!," he cries, "but you are bleeding!" and he holds out a hand to Childermass insistently -- at which point the man produces a white handkerchief to hand to him (along with a roll of his eyes at the gesture. "You have pushed yourself too far! Here, take this."
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He sends fogs and rains, animates statues to assist, does obscure and precise pieces of magic that clearly have some power, cast from out in Westminster as they are and still strong enough to work here, but does not deign to show his face lest someone punch it.
Once most of the rabble are calmed, however, he walks through -- Childermass at his side and Hillingdon escorts quietly shadowing him too. Paying, it turns out, can buy you friends -- if temporarily. Once he spots Elizabeth, however, he pauses -- eyes wide -- and changes track to come to her side.
"Miss DeWitt!," he cries, "but you are bleeding!" and he holds out a hand to Childermass insistently -- at which point the man produces a white handkerchief to hand to him (along with a roll of his eyes at the gesture. "You have pushed yourself too far! Here, take this."