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best.He had a fine voice and the children joined in;it was very cheering.Uncle Andrew and the Witch did not join in.
Towards the end of the hymn Digory felt someone plucking at his elbow and from a general smell of brandy and cigars and good clothes he decided that it must be Uncle Andrew.Uncle Andrew was cautiously pulling him away from the others.When they had gone a little distance,the old man put his mouth so close to Digory’s ear that it tickled,and whispered:
“Now,my boy.Slip on your ring.Let’s be off.”
But the Witch had very good ears.“Fool !”came her voice and she leaped off the horse.“Have you forgotten that I can hear men’s thoughts ? Let go the boy.If you attempt treachery I will take such vengeance upon you as never was heard of in all worlds from the beginning.”
“And,”added Digory,“if you think I’m such a mean pig as to go off and leave Polly-and the Cabby-and the horse—in a place like this,you’re well mistaken.”
“You are a very naughty