You forget. There are two magicians in England but one of them's flitted off to Venice in a state of madness.
[ Strange smiles, a sarcastic little smile. He doesn't know specifically how his actions have set back Norrell's idea of what magic should be, just that he most likely has (which he is just taking so much petty pleasure in). ]
Besides, I might have the army, but Norrell has politicians on his side. The man tried his hardest to stop publication of my book, I can't imagine what he would do if I started a school or attempted to teach others magic.
[ it's just said as a statement of fact, not Strange complaining or whining. It would make Norrell intensely aggravated (which again, so much petty pleasure in that thought) but Strange knows one hundred percent that should he take up any cause of spreading magic around, letting those who want to be magicians be magicians, he'd be stopped at almost every turn. ]
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[ Strange smiles, a sarcastic little smile. He doesn't know specifically how his actions have set back Norrell's idea of what magic should be, just that he most likely has (which he is just taking so much petty pleasure in). ]
Besides, I might have the army, but Norrell has politicians on his side. The man tried his hardest to stop publication of my book, I can't imagine what he would do if I started a school or attempted to teach others magic.
[ it's just said as a statement of fact, not Strange complaining or whining. It would make Norrell intensely aggravated (which again, so much petty pleasure in that thought) but Strange knows one hundred percent that should he take up any cause of spreading magic around, letting those who want to be magicians be magicians, he'd be stopped at almost every turn. ]