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It had never occurred to him before that Strange would need books inPortugal. I dare say there was someregrettable impreciseness in the fairy's magic. But I do not have it. But she said all this for her own satisfaction, since she knew perfectlywell that he was no longer attending to her.

Though I must confess, he said at last, that my delight in the beautifulLady Pole is not so overpowering as once it was. But it wasnot good weather; it was raining - hard enough to make an excursion on thewater most uncomfortable, not quite hard enough to dispel the heavy, greymist. They remained like thatfor a moment a tableau - then Childermass dropped his hand. He spoke to the boulders and rocks;they did the same.