"Aye, sir, I do," Childermass agrees, because it is easier to agree with the man than argue against him, even if he has less of a reason to worry than he thinks he does. Still, he has risen in the ranks, and he does need to keep an eye out. He's hardly making an attempt to gain friends, as it is.

"He had magic, you say? Fae magic?" Vengeance, he had said. "What did he do?" Norrell seems fine now. Other than angry, of course, which is rather par for the course. "What did he say to you?" A more likely story, all things considered.