“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.
