chater ix the begng f uncle andrew’ truble (第2/7页)
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“It’s a reason of State，”said Polly spitefully．“Like when you killed all those people in your own world．Do be quick，Digory．” They had put on their green rings，but Digory said：
“Oh bother ！ What are we to do ？”He couldn’t help feeling a little sorry for the Queen．
“Oh don’t be such an ass，”said Polly．“Ten to one she’s only shamming．Do come on．”And then both children plunged into the home pool．“It’s a good thing we made that mark，”thought Polly．But as they jumped Digory felt that a large cold finger and thumb had caught him by the ear．And as they sank down and the confused shapes of our own world began to appear，the grip of that finger and thumb grew stronger．The Witch was apparently recovering her strength．Digory struggled and kicked，but it was not of the least use．In a moment they found themselves in Uncle Andrew’s study；and there was Uncle Andrew himself，staring at the wonderful creature that Digory had brought back from beyond the world．
And well he might stare．Digory and Polly stared too．There was no doubt that the Witch had got over her faintness；and now that one saw her in our own world，with ordinary things around her，she fairly took one’s breath away．In Charn she had been alarming enough：in London，she was terrifying．For one thing， they had not realized till now how very big she was．“Hardly human”was what Digory thought when he looked at her；and he may have been right，for some say there is giantish blood in the royal family of Charn．But even her height was nothing compared with her beauty，her fierceness，and her wildness．She looked ten times more alive than most of the people one meets in London． Uncle Andrew was bowing and rubbing his hands and looking，to
tell the truth，extremely frightened．He seemed a little shrimp of a creature beside the Witch．And yet，as Polly said after wards， there was a sort of likeness between her face and his，something in the expression．It was the look that all wicked Magicians have， the“Mark”which Jadis had said she could not find in Digory’s face．One good thing about seeing the two together was that you would never again be afraid of Uncle Andrew，any more than you’d be afraid of a worm after you had met a rattlesnake or afraid of a cow after you had met a mad bull．
“Pooh ！”thought Digory to himself．“Him a Magician ！
Not much．Now she’s the real thing．”
Uncle Andrew kept on rubbing his hands and bowing．He was trying to say something very polite，but his mouth had gone all dry so that he could not speak．His“experiment”with the rings， as he called it，was turning out more successful than he liked：for though he had dabbled in Magic for years he had always left all the dangers（as far as one can）to other people．Nothing at all like this had ever happened to him before．
Then Jadis spoke；not very loud，but there was something in her voice that made the whole room quiver．
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