Charmed Garden

The Laidley Worm of Spindleton Heuglis

Their spells were vain, the boys returned

To the Queen in sorrowful mood;

Crying that 'Witches have no power

Where there is Rowan-tree wood'.

The Famulus

Jonathan Strange and Sir Walter Pole 

Bedford Coffee House, Covent Garden

Late February-March 1816

Dinner order

A turtle

Three or four beefsteaks

Some gravy made with the fat of a green goose

Some lampreys

Escalloped oysters

Small salad of beetroot

* Information derived from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell a novel by Susanna Clarke *

Prophecy of the False Magician

"Two magicians shall appear in England
The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me;
The first shall be governed by thieves and murderers; the second shall conspire at his own destruction;
The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache;
The second shall see his dearest possession in his enemy's hand...

I sit upon a black throne in the shadows but they shall not see me.
The rain shall make a door for me and I shall pass through it; 
The stones shall make a throne for me and I shall sit upon it...

The nameless slave shall wear a silver crown,
The nameless slave shall be a king in strange country..."



* Information derived from the book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell written by Susanna Clarke *