It's another round of Childermass's "favorite" game, is Strange doing this because he's mad and doesn't know any better or because he's a deliberate annoyance? The answer this time is deliberate annoyance.

"I hate to point out the obvious, but if he's working on the mirror, he'll have a much easier time if he's able to see his reflection." Finally, he's cleared all the bricabrac off the top of the mirror and is attempting to just prop it back up against the wall. He's not going to rehang it or anything, gotta make life a bit easier for Childermass when he inevitably puts the mirror facedown on the table again.

Thinking through contracts? Yeah, that's cute, let's throw caution to the wind and #yolo, time to bring Arabella back.

"Perhaps they're due to whatever fine print is on the contracts? A contract of a year and a day and possible physical changes depending on your time here. I confess, I don't really know, I didn't skim the contract all that carefully."

No one is surprised to hear that.