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“I suppose we ought to have a look at it then，”said Digory． He was a good deal more excited than you’d have thought from the way he spoke．For of course he was thinking，just as you would have been，of all the reasons why the house might have been empty so long．So was Polly．Neither of them said the word“haunted”． And both felt that once the thing had been suggested，it would be feeble not to do it．
“Shall we go and try it now ？”said Digory．
“All right，”said Polly．
“Don’t if you’d rather not，”said Digory．
“I’m game if you are，”said she．
“How are we to know when we’re in the next house but one ？”
They decided they would have to go out into the box-room and walk across it taking steps as long as the steps from one rafter to the next．That would give them an idea of how many rafters went to a room．Then they would allow about four more for the passage between the two attics in Polly’s house，and then the same number for the maid’s bedroom as for the box-room．That would give them the length of the house．When they had done that distance twice they would be at the end of Digory’s house；any door they came to after that would let them into an attic of the empty house．
“But I don’t expect it’s really empty at all，”said Digory．
“What do you expect ？”
“I expect someone lives there in secret，only coming in and out at night，with a dark lantern．We shall probably discover a gang of desperate criminals and get a reward．It’s all not to say a house would be empty all those years unless there was some mystery．”
