ThewerenowafraidthatJadiswouldhavesomethingtosaytothemaboutehewood。Asittur，however，sheiohenorafterward。Ithink（andDigorythinkstoo）thathermindwasofasortwhiberthatquietplaceatall，aenyoutookherthereandhyouleftherthere，shewouldstillknownothingaboutit。Nowthatshewasleftalohe，shetookherofthem。Andthatwaslikehertoo。Inshehadtakennonotiy（tilltheveryend）becauseDigorywastheoomakeuseof。NowthatshehadUooknonoticeofDigory。Iexpectmostwitchesarelikethat。Theyarehingsorpeopleuheyusethem;theyareterriblypractical。Sotherewassileheroomforamiwo。Butyoucouldtellbytheedherfootohatshewasgro>
&lyshesaid，asiftoherself，“Whatistheoldfooldoing?Ishouldhavebroughtawhip。”ShestalkedoutoftheroominpursuitofUohe。
“olly，lettingoutalohofrelief。“AndnowImustgethome。It&#htfullylate。Ishallcatchit。”
“Welldo，doebaasyou，”saidDigory。“Thisissimplyghastly，havingherhere。Wemustmakesomesortofplan。”
“That'suptoyourUnoolly。“Itwashewhostartedallthismessingabout>
“Allthesame，youwilleba'tyou?Hangitall，you'tleavemealoneihis。”
“Ishallgohomebythetunnel，”saidPollyrathercoldly。“That'llbethequickestway。Andifyouwaoeba'tyoubettersayyou'resorry?”
“Sorry?”exclaimedDigory。“Wellnow，ifthatisn'tjustlikeagirl!WhathaveIdone?”
“Ohnothingofcourse，”saidPollysarcastilynearlyscrewedmywristoffinthatroomwithallthewaxworks，likeacowardlybully。Onlystruckthebellwiththehammer，likeasillyidiot。Onlyturnedbathewoodsothatshehadtimetocatchholdofyoubeforewejumpedintoourownpool。That'sall。”
“Oh，”saidDigory，verysurprised。“Well，allright，I'llsayI'msorry。AndIreallyamsorryaboutehewaxworksroom。There:I'vesaidI'msorry。Andandeback。Ishallbeinafrightfulholeifyoudon't。”
“Idon'tseewhat'sgoingtohappentoyou。It'sMr。Ketterleywho'sgoingtositodhaveihisbed，isn'tit?”
“Itisn'tthatsortofthing，”saidDigory。“WhatI'mbotheredaboutisMother。Supposethatcreaturewentintoherroom。Shemightfrighteh。”
“Oh，Isee，”saidPollyinratheradifferentvoice。“Allright。We'llcallitPax。I'lleback—ifI。ButImustgonow。”Andshecrawledthroughthelittledooriuhatdarkplagtherafterswhichhadseemedsoexdadventurousafewho，seemedquitetameandhomelynow。
&nowgobadrew。Hispooroldheartatashestaggereddowairsaondabbingathisforeheadwithahandkerchief。Whenhereachedhisbedroom，whichwasthefloorbelow，helockedhimselfin。Athinghedideinhiswardrobeforabottleandawine-glassthiddentherewhereAuyotfindthem。Hepouredhimselfoutaglassfulofsomenasty，grown-updrinkanddrankitoffatohenhedrebreath。
“Uponmyword，”hesaidtohimself。“I'mdreadfullyshaken。Mostupsetting!Andatmytimeoflife!”
Hepouredoutasedglassanddrankittoo;theogehisclothes。Youhaveneverseensuchclothes，butIrememberthem。Heputh，shiny，stiffcollarofthesortthatmadeyouholdyourupallthetime。Heputocoatatternonitandarrangedhisgoldwatacrossthefroofrock-coat，theofsandfuhisbesttallhataup。Therewasavaseofflowers（puttherebyAuy）table;hetookoitinhisbuttoookadkerchief（alovelyonesuchasyou'tbuytoday）outofthelittlelefthaafewdropsofsit。Hetookhiseye-glass，withthethickbla，aohiseye;thehimselfinthemirror。
haveonekindofsilliness，asyouknow，andgrowherkind。AtthismomentUndrewwasbeginningtobesillyinaverygrothattheWitolohesameroomwithhimhewasquicklyfhowshehadfrightenedhimandthinkingmoreandmoreofherwoy。Hekeptonsayingtohimself，“Ademfinewoman，sir，ademfineerbcreature。”Hehadalsosomehowmaetthatitwasthewhohadgotholdofthis“superbcreature”:hefeltasifhehimselfbyhisMagichadcalledheroutofunknownworlds。
“Andrew，myboy，”hesaidtohimselfashelookedintheglass，“you'readevilishwellpreservedfelle。Adistinguished-lookingman，sir。”
Yousee，thefoolisholdmanwasactuallybeginningtoimagichwouldfallihhim。Thetwodrinksprobablyhadsomethingtodowithit，andsohadhisbestclothes。Buthewas，inanycase，asvaihatwaswhyhehadbeagi。
Heuhedoor，wentdownstairs，sentthehousemaidouttofet（everyosofservantsinthosedays）ahedrawingroom。There，asheexpected，hefouy。Shewasbusilymendingamattress。Itlayonthefloorhewindowandshewaskneelingonit。
“Ah，Letitiamydear，”saidUndrew，“I—ahhavetogoout。Justlendmefivepoundsorso，there'sagoodgel。”（“Gel”ronouncedgirl。）
“No，Andrewdear，”saidAuyinherfirm，quietvoice，withoutlookingupfromherwork。“I'vetoldyoutimeswithoutIwillnotlendyoumoney。”
“Nowpraydon'tbetroublesome，mydeargel，”saidU'smostimportant。Youwillputmeinadeucedlyaositionifyoudon't。”
“Andrew，”saidAuy，lookinghimstraightinthefaderyouareoaskmeformoney。”
Therewasalong，dullstrown-upkihesewords。AllyouoknowaboutitisthatUwith“may'sbusiersforher“，andneverdoinganywuplargebillsforbrandyandcigars（whitLettyhadpaidagainandagain）hadmadeheragooddealpoorerthanshehadbeenthirtyyearsago。
“Mydeargel，”saidUndrew，“youdon'tuand。Ishallhavesomequiteuedexpeoday。Ihavetodoalittleeaining。enow，don'tbetiresome。”
“Andwho，pray，areyougoiain，Andrew?”askedAuy。
“A—amostdistiorhasjustarrived。”
“Distinguishedfiddlestick!”saidAuherehasn'tbeenaringatthehellforthelasthour。”
AtthatmomentthedoorwassuddenlyfluLettylookedroundandsawwithamazementthatanenormouslehbarearmsandflashioodinthedooritch。