A question he can only offer a shrug to. If he knew, he would surely tell him, but being from Strange's future sadly does not mean having every answer.
"Your guess would be as good as mine," Childermass says, turning back to the table proper to lay down his cards. In such a short round, he only has two matching suits, so yet another loss for him. "I am not so inclined to go graverobbing unless given a very good reason to. It's always been nasty work..."
How and why he knows that he won't say. It's just one more shady activity to add to the ever-expanding list of shadiness (though one shouldn't be too surprised where some rare books end up).
"But the where that much I can tell you. She is in Faerie, of course. Where else could she be, with all this nonsense with faeries you and Norrell both managed to stir up?"
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"Your guess would be as good as mine," Childermass says, turning back to the table proper to lay down his cards. In such a short round, he only has two matching suits, so yet another loss for him. "I am not so inclined to go graverobbing unless given a very good reason to. It's always been nasty work..."
How and why he knows that he won't say. It's just one more shady activity to add to the ever-expanding list of shadiness (though one shouldn't be too surprised where some rare books end up).
"But the where that much I can tell you. She is in Faerie, of course. Where else could she be, with all this nonsense with faeries you and Norrell both managed to stir up?"