upon the sky, on stony hills, the barren trees

Ok so. This was initially written for a few friends who have been unwillingly exposed to my reading of the novel, so there are a few points here that are added for their sakes, but:

"english magic could no longer tell the difference between himself and Strange"

the lack of use of Norrell's name to the extent it genuinely confused me who was speaking

he's been doing this constantly since around the time Strange and Norrell had their last time meeting in February of 1815. it is currently February of 1817. He's been doing this for two years.

norrell is also doing magic in darkness. strange is like, magically cursed to have eternal night around him, but he is also a sort of herald for john uskglass (its clearly said on MANY occasions that the darkness belongs to John Uskglass). but this is norrell and he gets frightened by the dark

i cannot stress enough that norrell (short, middle aged, always wearing a light-colored wig) Also mistook himself for strange (tall, ~35, dark hair tinged with red)

i dont even know if it has been mentioned that strange has counterspells set up. like, he Might, i guess. i could've remembered wrong or something happened offscreen but. Its Unclear whether strange put up counterspells, yet Certain norrell could not see him.