And there, in those books, they’ll never change again, at least until some judgmental evil spirit comes along, taking malicious joy in upending that perfect order where all the elements had fit together so perfectly allowing you to sit back and relax in admiration of how every effect obediently followed its cause with perfect logic, and how every event unfolded precisely and consistently in every minute detail, with my Lord, the Duke of Nevers, who on a particular day, in a particular year, etc.
Pretty funny considering the forward written by the author describing their choice to update the language of the translation to be more accessible to modern readers
