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CHAPTER SIX THE BEGINNING OF UNCLE ANDREWS TROUBLES（第2页）

“Ah—ah—Madam，”

gaspedUndrew，“Iammhlygratified—amostued，pleasure—ifonlyIhadhadtheopportunityofmakiions—I—I—”

&heMagi，Fool?”

saidJadis.

“I—Iam，'Madam.Ihopeyouwillexy—er—.libertythesenaughtymayhavetaken.Iassureyou，therewasion—”

“You?”

saidtheQueeninastillmoreterriblevoi，iride，shecrossedtheroom，seizedagreathandfulofUndrew'sgrayhairandpulledhisheadbacksothathisfacelookedupiheudiedhisfaceasshehadstudiedDigory'sfathepalaceof.Heblinkedandlickedhislipsnervouslyallthetime.Atlastshelethimgo:sosuddenlythathereeledbastthe>

“Isee，”

shesaidsfully，“yi—ofasort.Standup，dog，anddon'tsprawlthereasifyouwerespeakingtoyourequals.Howdoyouagic?Youarenotofroyalblood，I'lls

&perhapsiseammeredUexaa'am.TheKetterleysare，however，averyoldfamily.AnoldDorsetshirefamily，Ma'am.”

“Peace，”

saidtheWitch.“Iseewhatyouare.Youarealittle，peddlingMagiwhoworksbyrulesandbooks.Thereisniyourblooda.Yourkindwasmadeanendofinmyworldathousandyearsago.ButhereIshallallowyoutobemyservant.”

“Ishouldbemosthappy—delightedtobeofanyservice—ap-pleasure，Iassureyou.”

“Peace!Youtalkfartoomutoyourfirsttask.Iseeweareiy.Proeatonceacharicarpetorawell-traineddragon，orwhateverisusualforroyalandnoblepersonsinyourland.TheoplaceswhereIgetdjewelsaformyrank.TomorrowIwillbegioftheworld.”

“I—I—I'llgoandorderace，”

gaspedUndrew.

“Stop，”

saidtheWitch，justashereachedthedoor.“Doreachery.Myeyesseethroughwallsandintothemiheywillbeonyouwhereveryougo.AtthefirstsignofdisobedienceIellsonyouthatanythingyousitdownonwillfeellikeredhotironandwheneveryoulieiherewillbeinvisibleblocksoficeatyourfeet.Nowgo.”

Theoldma，lookinglikeadogwithitstailbetweenitslegs.

ThewerenowafraidthatJadiswouldhavesomethingtosaytothemaboutehewood.Asittur，however，sheiohenorafterward.Ithink（andDigorythinkstoo）thathermindwasofasortwhiberthatquietplaceatall，aenyoutookherthereandhyouleftherthere，shewouldstillknownothingaboutit.Nowthatshewasleftalohe，shetookherofthem.Andthatwaslikehertoo.Inshehadtakennonotiy（tilltheveryend）becauseDigorywastheoomakeuseof.NowthatshehadUooknonoticeofDigory.Iexpectmostwitchesarelikethat.Theyarehingsorpeopleuheyusethem;theyareterriblypractical.Sotherewassileheroomforamiwo.Butyoucouldtellbytheedherfootohatshewasgro>

&lyshesaid，asiftoherself，“Whatistheoldfooldoing?Ishouldhavebroughtawhip.”

ShestalkedoutoftheroominpursuitofUohe.

“olly，lettingoutalohofrelief.“AndnowImustgethome.It&#htfullylate.Ishallcatchit.”

“Welldo，doebaasyou，”

saidDigory.“Thisissimplyghastly，havingherhere.Wemustmakesomesortofplan.”

“That'suptoyourUnoolly.“Itwashewhostartedallthismessingabout>

“Allthesame，youwilleba'tyou?Hangitall，you'tleavemealoneihis.”

“Ishallgohomebythetunnel，”

saidPollyrathercoldly.“That'llbethequickestway.Andifyouwaoeba'tyoubettersayyou'resorry?”

“Sorry?”

exclaimedDigory.“Wellnow，ifthatisn'tjustlikeagirl!WhathaveIdone?”

“Ohnothingofcourse，”

saidPollysarcastilynearlyscrewedmywristoffinthatroomwithallthewaxworks，likeacowardlybully.Onlystruckthebellwiththehammer，likeasillyidiot.Onlyturnedbathewoodsothatshehadtimetocatchholdofyoubeforewejumpedintoourownpool.That'sall.”

“Oh，”

saidDigory，verysurprised.“Well，allright，I'llsayI'msorry.AndIreallyamsorryaboutehewaxworksroom.There:I'vesaidI'msorry.Andandeback.Ishallbeinafrightfulholeifyoudon't.”

“Idon'tseewhat'sgoingtohappentoyou.It'sMr.Ketterleywho'sgoingtositodhaveihisbed，isn'tit?”