Inside the lacy house was a tiny personwho at times appeared immeasurably old and at other times no older th The rest of that day and most of the following one passed in a confusion ofpain and laudanum-dreams. As the wind touched the beasts of the town they grew oldand died -cows,pigs, fowls and sheep even the cats and dogs. Itwas, of all the strange things he had seen in his life, the strangest.
Mr Norrell heard later from Lucas that hehad not even asked for water to wash or for any thing to drink. Yet hecontinued to look about him until his eye was caught by a doorway on theopposite side of the street. The airwas very cold - pleasantly so - and overhead the first star of eveningappeared. Arabella, like a sweet, compliant woman and good wife, put all thoughts ofher new curtains aside for the moment and assured both gentlemen that insuch a cause it was no trouble to her to wait.