Quotes About Childermass

I'm good at tailing people. I was an intelligence officer during World War I. My code name was the Crab." - Roderick Childermass

Yes, agreed Childermass, very great harm! For while he was in the pantry he ate three meat-pies. And two cream cheeses, added Lucas. Mr. Norrell was forced to admit to himself that this did not seem much like the actions of a great magician

is expected to have certain peculiarities, but the most peculiar feature of Mr Norrell's house was, without a doubt, Childermass. In no other household in London was there any servant like him. One day he might be observed removing a dirty cup and wiping crumbs from a table like a common footman. The next day

Childermass was still there. He had taken his dinner at one of the tables and was now doing the household accounts. As Mr Norrell entered, he looked up and grinned. "I believe Mr Strange will do very well in the war, sir. He has already out-manoeuvred you." On

It was a dark day. A chill wind blew snowflakes against the window of Mr Norrell's library where Childermass sat writing business letters. Though it was only ten o'clock in the morning the candles were already lit. The only sounds were the coals being consumed in the grate and the scratch of Childermass's pen against the paper.