Childermass refrains from pointing out that she is to be Maiden of the Witches, not Maiden of Circle Daybreak, but he knows that if he does it will just incense the other man and he will start puffing even more and then they really won't get anywhere in this conversation.

He rolls his eyes as yet again, everything seems to come back to the fae. Even witches business comes back to Norrell's dislike for the fae. "Does Miss Widdowson have qualities herself with which you find disagreeable, or is it just the thought of her ilk in the position that sends you into such a state?" he drawls in return.