They were very excited as they said this. But when they ad said it and Jill looked round and saw the dull autumn ky and heard the drip off the leaves and thought of all the opelessness of Experiment House (it was a thirteen.week rm and there were still eleven weeks to come) she said: “But after all, what’s the good? We‘re not there; we’re ere. And we jolly well can‘t get there. Or can we?”
“That’s what I‘ve been wondering,” said Eustace. “When e came back from That Place, Someone said that the two evensie kids (that’s my two cousins) could never go there gain. It was their third time, you see. I suppose they‘ve had heir share. But he never said I couldn’t. Surely he would ave said so, unless he meant that I was to get back? And I an‘t help wondering, can we.could we.?”
“Do you mean, do something to make it happen?” Eustace nodded.
“You mean we might draw a circle on the ground.and rite in queer letters in it.and stand inside it.and recite harms and spells?”