“Butthepeople?”gaspedDigory。
“le,boy?”askedtheQueen。
“Alltheordinarypeople,”saidPolly,“who'dneverdoneyouanyharm。Andthewomen,andthe,andtheanimals。”
“Don'tyouuand?”saidtheQueen(stillspeakingtoDigory)。“IwastheQueen。Theyeople。Whatelseweretheythereforbuttodomywill?”
“Itwasratherhardlu,allthesame,”saidhe。
“Ihadfottenthatyouareonlyaonboy。HowshouldyouuandreasonsofState?Youmustlearn,child,thatrongforyouorforanyoftheowrongiQueensuchasI。Theweightoftheworldisonourshoulders。Wemustbefreedfromallrules。Oursisahighainy。”
DigorysuddehatUndrewhadusedexactlythesamewords。ButtheysoundedmuderwhenQueenJadissaidthem;perhapsbedrewwasallanddazzliiful。
“Andwhatdidyoudothen?”saidDigory。
“Ihadalreadygspellsonthehallwheretheimagesofmya。AndtheforceofthosespellswasthatIshouldsleepamongthem,likeanimagemyself,aherfohitwereathousailloruckthebellandawokeme。”
“WasittheDeplorableWordthatmadethesu?”askedDigory。
&?”saidJadis
“Sobig,sored,andsocold。”
“Ithasalwaysbeenso,”saidJadis。“Atleast,forhuhousandsofyears。Haveyouadifferentsortofsuninyourworld?”
&'ssmalleragivesagooddealmoreheat。”
TheQueengavealongdrawn“A-a-ah!”AndDigorysawosamehungryandgreedylookwhichhehadlatelyseenonUndrew's。“So,”shesaid,“yoursisayoungerworld。”
Shepausedforamomenttolookohedeserteddifshewassorryforalltheevilshehaddohere,shelydidn'tshowit—andthensaid:“usbegoing。Itiscoldhereattheendofallatheages。”
“Goingwhere?”askedboththe。
“Where?”repeatedJadisioyourworld,ofcourse。”
PollyandDigorylookedateachhast。PollyhaddislikedtheQuee;andevenDigory,nowthathehadheardthestory,feltthathehadseenquiteasmuchofherashewaaiatallthesortofpersononewouldliketotakehome。Andiftheydidlike,theydidn'tknowhowtheycould。Whattheywaogetawaythemselves:butPolly'tgetatherringandory'tgowithotveryrediammered。
“Oh—oh—ourworld。Id-didn'tknowyouwahere。”
“Whatelsewereyousenthereforifchme?”askedJadis。
“I'msureyouwouldn'tlikeourworldatall,”saidDigory。“It'sofplace,isitPolly?It'sverydull;n,really。”
“Itwillswhe,”aheQueen。
“Oh,butyou't,”saidDigory。“It'sheywouldn'tletyou,youknow。”
TheQueeemptuoussmile。“MakihoughttheydagainsttheHouseof。Buttheyallfell,andtheirveryen。Foolishboy!DoyouthinkthatI,withmybeautyandmyMagiothaveyourwholeworldatmyfeetbeforeayearhaspassed?Prepareyourinsaonce。”
“Thisisperfectlyfrightful,”saidDigorytoPolly。
“PerhapsyoufearforthisUncleofyours,”saidJadis。“Butifhehonoursmeduly,heshallkeephislifeandhisthrone。Iamnotingtofightagainsthim。HemustbeaverygreatMagi,ifhehasfoundhowtosendyouhere。IsheKingofyourwholeworldoronlyofpart?”
“Heisn'tKingofanywhere,”saidDigory。
“Y,”saidtheQueeMagicalwaysgowiththeroyalblood?WhoeverheardofonpeoplebeingMagis?Iseethetruthwhetheryouspeakitornot。YourUhegreatKiEnterofyourworld。Andbyhisarthehasseentheshadowofmyfaagieentedpool;andfortheloveofmybeautyhehasmadeapotentspellwhichshookyourworldtoitsfoundatioyouacrossthevastgulfbetweenworldandworldtoaskmyfavourandtmetohim。Anotho>
&exactly,”saidDigory。
“ly,”shoutedPolly。“Why,it'sabsolutebinningtoend。”
“MinioheQueen,turninginrageuponPollyandseizingherhair,attheverytopofherheadwhereithurtsmost。Butinsodoigoofboththe'shands。“Now,”shoutedDigory;and“Quick!shoutedPolly。Theypluhandsis。Theydidoputtheringsoheytouchedthem,thewholeofthatdreary,worldvaheireyes。Theywererushingupwardandawarmgreenlightwasgrowingneareroverhead。