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He would peer at them through his telescope andthen make notes about them in his little notebook. I begyou will tell me if that is the case. Stephen closed his eyes. He dashed his arms against the phantomsthat assaulted him and cried out, entreating them to have pity on him.

I will do no such thing, declared Strange. These gentlemen took their claims before theCommittee of Privileges of the House of Lords. And I must confess, sir, that this idea is quitenew to me. He had not theleast idea in the world whose magic it was, nor did he care.