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The old pain had started up again, throbbing in my chest, stomach, bones. It wasn't healthy to be encased in a body for so long. How humans can stand it without going completely mad, I'll never know.†

— Jonathan Stroud The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)

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As part of my current charge I have been instructed to provide an occasional journal of my recent activities*.

Today summoned painfully to earth by a short fat English magician with a dangerous stammer*.

The temperature of the room dropped fast.

The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)

Perhaps he'd want me to conjure up an illusion. That might be fun: there was bound to be a way of misinterpreting his request and upsetting him†.

The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)

No magical alarm sounded, though I did hit my head five times on a pebble†.

The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)

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