"A promise!" Norrell echoes, voice rising further with consternation. "Now you are getting into deals with fae! Is this how things are to be now?"

'Tried' somewhat passed him by, for so disturbed is Norrell by the closeness of all these troubles to his person that nothing but worst-case scenarios occur to him. Attacks, spells, deals. All of this fae involvement is much outside his comfort zone!