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The moment he arrived upon French soil he gathered an army andmarched north to Paris in further pursuit of his destiny, which was to makewar upon all the peoples of the world. They also said that he had a temper like thedevil and that upon no account whatsoever must the new manservant do anything to offend him, or things would go the worse for him. 14Heart-break FarmJanuary 1808Some thirty years before Mr Norrell arrived in London with a plan toaston Stephen reflected how odd it was that the gentleman, who lived in a partlyruinous house surrounded by the grisly bones of bygone battles, should be sosensitive to disorder in other people's houses.

He began to wonder why it was so quiet and whyno one came to help him. Fairy roads are not like Christian roads, he said. He was the handsomest of his kind,with fine, dark eyes and a pelt the colour of wet slate. What have you to say foryourself? Poor Geoffrey did not answer immediately.