[ Oh, he notices that pause, but without being able to see the magician's face (or even if he could, come to think of it, Childermass doesn't give much away) there's not much he can do to deduce which part of the previous conversation caused it. ]
It'll be hard to top hell, but I'm sure I'll come up with something eventually.
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It'll be hard to top hell, but I'm sure I'll come up with something eventually.