“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。