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I wanted to wake you straightaway, but I knew I had to wait several hours to ensure you were safely recovered." "What! How long has it been?" "Five minutes. I got bored."
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Mr Lockwood, you've impressed a lot of people over the years. Personally, I expected you to be ghost-touched long ago, but your agency has flourished. Impress me again now... Let them forget about you... Even now, it's probably not too late. - Inspector Barnes
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The temperature of the room dropped fast.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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When I landed on the top of a lamppost in the London dusk it was peeing with rain.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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No magical alarm sounded, though I did hit my head five times on a pebble+.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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I'm Martha. And you are...?" A small snuffle, a smaller voice. "Nathaniel."
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Jonathan Stroud |
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Too much hate is bad for you," I ventured. "Um..."
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Jonathan Stroud |
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Woken up, have you?" the woman said. Her voice was like broken glass in an ice bucket.+
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Jonathan Stroud |
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So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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MondayIn Other Place. Did nothing.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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Today summoned painfully to earth by a short fat English magician with a dangerous stammer*.
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Jonathan Stroud |
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No attack yet by Archmage. Wish he'd hurry up.
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Together, we must advance unafraid into the modern age!
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