"Oh!" Norrell says, quite unmoved by this suggestion, "that is quite all right! I have made copies of some relevant parts of the text for you!"
Relevant sections of course meaning the sections he agrees with and likes most.
"Here, I had wondered if this might happen! I thought it best to be prepared! After all, texts on the finer points of magic are not a thing you can simply buy from any book shop! I have also made several pages of notes for you on things I think worth studying --"
And here Norrell begins to shuffle through pages of very small, densely packed writing. It is almost as if he thinks he will be teaching her largely rather than just discussing, which perhaps he does -- and depending on how much of it she already knows (or cares to know), perhaps he will.
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Relevant sections of course meaning the sections he agrees with and likes most.
"Here, I had wondered if this might happen! I thought it best to be prepared! After all, texts on the finer points of magic are not a thing you can simply buy from any book shop! I have also made several pages of notes for you on things I think worth studying --"
And here Norrell begins to shuffle through pages of very small, densely packed writing. It is almost as if he thinks he will be teaching her largely rather than just discussing, which perhaps he does -- and depending on how much of it she already knows (or cares to know), perhaps he will.