At least that was what it wassupposed to do. Perhaps I will be proved wrong in the end. On Christmas-day the snow fell thick and fast. It was a spell to detect magic.
There was oneslight annoyance early on when some of the guests were foolish enough tomake some remarks to Mr Norrell upon the pleasantness of the occasion andthe beauty of the ballroom. Norrell denied them. Fairies were baffled by Christiandoctrine, but they were greatly attracted to saints, whom they saw as powerful magical beingswhose patronage it was useful to have. I am accustomed to it.
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