"Revenge," Norrell insists, with all the tact of someone who has never heard the phrase 'don't lead the witness'. "It must be, I know it. The fae have taken far too much territory in the south of London, and now they are angry at me. They see me as a threat. Sylvia has been idle too long, she is complacent and weak, but I have moved, and they have seen it."

He wrings his hands a moment, uneasy at the thought, then rallies and pins Nancy down with a stare.

"You know these fae. You have been seen with them. Who leads them?"