Theroomwassoquietthatyouigoftheclodyet，asshenowfound，itwasnotabsolutelyquieteither。Therewasafaint—avery，veryfaint—hummingsound。IfHoovershadbeehosedaysPollywouldhavethoughtitwasthesoundofaHworkedalongwayoff—severalroomsawayandseveralfloorsbelow。Butitwasahanthat，amoremusie:onlysofaintthatyoucouldhardlyhearit。
“It'sallright;there'snoonehere，”saidPollyoverhershory。Sheeakingaboveawhispernow。AndDigorycameout，blinkingandlookiy—asindeedPolly
“Thisisnogood，”hesaid。“It'syhouseatall。We'dbetterbunkbeforeanyonees。”
“Whatdoyouthinkthoseare?”saidPolly，pointingatthecs。'
“Oheon，”saidDigory。“Thesooner—”
Heneverfihewasgoingtosayforatthatmomehihehigh-backedfrontofthefiremovedsuddenlyandthereroseupoutofit—likeapantomimedemoningupoutofatrapdoorthealarmingformofUheywereyhouseatall;theywereinDigory'shouseandintheforbiddenstudy!Bothsaid“O-o-oh”aerriblemistake。Theyfelttheyoughttohaveknownallalongthattheyhadn'tgonenearlyfarenough。
Uallahin。Hehadalong-shavehasharply-poiremelybrighteyesaousledmopofgrayhair。
Digorywasquitespeechless，forUndrewlookedathousandtimesmthanhehadeverlookedbefore。Pollywasnhteshesoonwas。FortheveryfirstthingUndrealkacrosstothedooroftheroom，shutit，andturheloheturnedrouhewithhisbrighteyes，andsmiled，showingallhisteeth。
“There!”hesaid。“Nowmyfoolofasister'tgetatyou!”
Itwasdreadfullyuhingagrown-upwouldbeexpectedtodo。Polly'sheartouth，andsheandDigorystartedbagtowardthelittledoortheyhadeinby。Uooqui。Hegotbehindthemandshutthatdoortooandstoodinfrontofit。Thenherubbedhishandsandmadehisknucklescrack。Hehadveryloifullywhite，fingers。
“Iamdelightedtoseeyou，”hesaid。“Twoarejust>
“Please，Mr。Ketterley，”saidPolly。“It'snearlymydiimeandI'vegottogohome。Willyouletusout，please?”
“Notjustyet，”saidUhisistoogoodanopportunitytomiss。Iwawo。Yousee，I'minthemiddleofagreatexperiment。I'vetrieditonaguinea-pigaowork。Butthenaguinea-pig'ttellyouanything。Andyou'texplaintoithowtoeback。”
“Lookhere，Undrew，”saidDigory，“itreallyisdihey'llbelookingforusi。Youmustletusout。”
“Must?”saidUndrew。
DigoryandPollyglaoheydarednotsayanything，butthegla“Isn'tthisdreadful?”ahumourhim。”
“Ifyouletusgoforourdinnernoolly，“weebackafterdinner。”
“Ah，buthowdoIknowthatyouwould?”saidUhagsmile。Theogehismind。
“Well，well，”hesaid，“ifyoureallymustgo，Isupposeyoumust。I'texpecttwoyoungsterslikeyoutofinditmutalkingtoanoldbufferlikeme。”Hesighedaon。“You'venoideahowlonelyIsometimesam。ButoyourdiImustgiveyouapresentbefo。It'shatIseealittlegirlinmydingyoldstudy;especially，ifImaysayso，suchaveryattragladyasyourself。”
Pollybegantothinotreallybemadafterall。
“Wouldn'tyoulikearing，mydear?”saidUoPolly。
“Doyoumeahoseyellreenones?”saidPolly。“Howlovely!”
“Notagreenone，”saidUndrew。“I'mafraidI'tgivethegreenonesaway。ButI'dbedelightedtogiveyouanyoftheyellowohmylove。eandtryoneon。”
Pollyhadhtahattheoldgentlemanwasnotmad;aairaractiveaboutths。Shemovedovertothetray。
“Why!Ideclare，”shesaid。“Thathummislouderhere。It'salmostasiftheringsweremakingit。”
“Whatafunnyfancy，mydear，”saidUhalaugh。Itsouurallaugh，butDigoryhadseeagreedy，lookonhisface。
“Polly!Don'tbeafool!”heshouted。“Don'ttouchthem。”
Itwastoolate。Exactlyashespoke，Polly'shaotoues。Aely，withoutaflashoranoiseofanysort，thereolly。DigoryandhisUnclewerealoheroom。