chater digry and hi uncle (第6/15页)
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Digory；and added out loud．“But what about Polly ？ ”
“How you do harp on that ！ ”said Uncle Andrew．“As if that was what mattered ！ My first task was of course to study the box itself．It was very ancient．And I knew enough even then to know that it wasn’t Greek，or Old Egyptian，or Babylonian，or Hittite，or Chinese．It was older than any of those nations．Ah-that was a great day when I at last found out the truth．The box was Atlantean；it came from the lost island of Atlantis．That meant it was centuries older than any of the stone-age things they dig up in Europe．And it wasn’t a rough，crude thing like them either． For in the very dawn of time Atlantis was already a great city with palaces and temples and learned men．”
He paused for a moment as if he expected Digory to say something．But Digory was disliking his Uncle more every minute，so he said nothing．
“Meanwhile，”continued Uncle Andrew，“I was learning a good deal in other ways（it wouldn’t be proper to explain them to a c
