““Oh! it is an excellent thing,” enthused a lady. “See how the darkness of the mirror behind the figures sets off Mr Strange’s head.” “People always imagine that magicians and mirrors go together,” complained Mr Norrell. “There is no mirror in that part of my library.” “Artists are tricky fellows, sir, forever reshaping the world according to some design of their own,” said Strange. “Indeed they are not unlike magicians in that. And yet he has made a curious piece of work of it. It is more like a door than a mirror – it is so dark. I can almost feel a draught coming from it. I do not like to see myself sitting so close to it – I am afraid that I may catch cold.””
