There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.

“[T]he very existence of such powers argues a counterforce. We call powers of th…”

“You think whatever is wrong with you is contagious, then?'She laughed again. 'Y…”

“The castle? The monster? The man of learning? I only just thought of it. Surely…”

“I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber rema…”