“Could you believe me if I said I‘d been right out of the world. outside this world.last hols？”
“I wouldn’t know what you meant.”
“Well， don‘t let’s bother about that then. Supposing I told you I‘d been in a place where animals can talk and where there are.er.enchantments and dragons.and.well， all the sorts of things you have in fairy tales.” Scrubb felt terribly awkward as he said this and got red in the face.
“How did you get there？” said Jill. She also felt curiously shy.
“The only way you can.by Magic，” said Eustace almost in a whisper. “I was with two cousins of mine. We were just.whisked away. They’d been there before.”
Now that they were talking in whispers Jill somehow felt it easier to believe. Then suddenly a horrible suspicion came over her and she said （so fiercely that for the moment she looked like a tigress）：
“If I find you‘ve been pulling my leg I’ll never speak to you again； never， never， never.”
“I‘m not，” said Eustace. “I swear I’m not. I swear by.by everything.”
（When I was at school one would have said， “I swear by the Bible.” But Bibles were not encouraged at Experiment House.）“All right，” said Jill， “I‘ll believe you.” “And tell nobody？”
“What do you take me for？”
