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ITwasadullautumndayandJillPolewascryingbehindthegym。

Shewascryingbecausetheyhadbeenbullyingher。Thisisnotgoingtobeaschoolstory,soIshallsayaslittleaspossibleaboutJill’sschool,whichisnotapleasantsubject。Itwas“co-educational”,aschoolforbothboysandgirls,whatusedtobecalleda“mixed”school;somesaiditwasnotnearlysomixedasthemindsofthepeoplewhoranit。Thesepeoplehadtheideathatboysandgirlsshouldbeallowedtodowhattheyliked。Andunfortunatelywhattenorfifteenofthebiggestboysandgirlslikedbestwasbullyingtheothers。Allsortsofthings,horridthings,wentonwhichatanordinaryschoolwouldhavebeenfoundoutandstoppedinhalfaterm;butatthisschooltheyweren’t。Oreveniftheywere,thepeoplewhodidthemwerenotexpelledorpunished。Theheadsaidtheywereinterestingpsychologicalcasesandsentforthemandtalkedtothemforhours。Andifyouknewtherightsortofthingstosaytothehead,themainresultwasthatyoubecameratherafavouritethanotherwise。

ThatwaswhyJillPolewascryingonthatdullautumndayonthedamplittlepathwhichrunsbetweenthebackofthegymandtheshrubbery。Andshehadn’tnearlyfinishedhercrywhenaboycameroundthecornerofthegymwhistling,withhishandsinhispockets。Henearlyranintoher。

“Can’tyoulookwhereyou’regoing?”saidJillPole。

“Allright,”saidtheboy,“youneedn’tstart—”andthenhenoticedherface。“Isay,Pole,”hesaid,“what’sup?”

Jillonlymadefaces,thesortyoumakewhenyou’retryingtosaysomethingbutfindthatifyouspeakyou’llstartcryingagain。

“It’sthem,Isuppose—asusual,”saidtheboygrimly,digginghishandsfartherintohispockets。

Jillnodded。Therewasnoneedforhertosayanything,evenifshecouldhavesaidit。Theybothknew。

“Now,lookhere,”saidtheboy,“there’snogoodusall—”

Hemeantwell,buthedidtalkratherlikesomeonebeginningalecture。Jillsuddenlyflewintoatemper(whichisquitealikelythingtohappenifyouhavebeeninterruptedinacry)。

“Oh,goawayandmindyourownbusiness,”shesaid。“Nobodyaskedyoutocomebargingin,didthey?Andyou’reanicepersontostarttellinguswhatwealloughttodo,aren’tyou?IsupposeyoumeanweoughttospendallourtimesuckinguptoThem,andcurryingfavour,anddancingattendanceonthemlikeyoudo。”

“Oh,Lor!”saidtheboy,sittingdownonthegrassybankattheedgeoftheshrubberyandveryquicklygettingupagainbecausethegrasswassoakingwet。HisnameunfortunatelywasEustaceScrubb,buthewasn’tabadsort。

“Pole!”hesaid。“Isthatfair?HaveIbeendoinganythingofthesortthisterm?Didn’tIstanduptoCarterabouttherabbit?Anddidn’tIkeepthesecretaboutSpivvins—undertorturetoo?Anddidn’tI—”

“Id-don’tknowandIdon’tcare,”sobbedJill。

Scrubbsawthatshewasn’tquiteherselfyetandverysensiblyofferedherapeppermint。Hehadonetoo。PresentlyJillbegantoseethingsinaclearerlight。

“I’msorry,Scrubb,”shesaidpresently。“Iwasn’tfair。Youhavedoneallthat—thisterm。”

“Thenwashoutlasttermifyoucan,”saidEustace。“Iwasadifferentchapthen。Iwas—gosh!WhatalittletickIwas。”

“Well,honestly,youwere。”saidJill。

“Youthinktherehasbeenachange,then?”saidEustace。

“It’snotonlyme,”saidJill。“Everyone’sbeensayingso。They’venoticedit。EleanorBlakistonheardAdelaPennyfathertalkingaboutitinourchangingroomyesterday。Shesaid,‘Someone’sgotholdofthatScrubbkid。He’squiteunmanageablethisterm。Weshallhavetoattendtohimnext。’”

Eustacegaveashudder。EveryoneatExperimentHouseknewwhatitwaslikebeing“attendedto”bythem。

Bothchildrenwerequietforamoment。Thedropsdrippedoffthelaurelleaves。

“Whywereyousodifferentlastterm?”saidJillpresently。

“Alotofqueerthingshappenedtomeinthehols,”saidEustacemysteriously。

“Whatsortofthings?”askedJill。

Eustacedidn’tsayanythingforquitealongtime。Thenhesaid:

“Lookhere,Pole,youandIhatethisplaceaboutasmuchasanybodycanhateanything,don’twe?”

“IknowIdo,”saidJill。

“ThenIreallythinkIcantrustyou。”

“Dam’goodofyou,”saidJill。

“Yes,butthisisareallyterrificsecret。Pole,Isay,areyougoodatbelievingthings?Imeanthingsthateveryoneherewouldlaughat?”

“I’veneverhadthechance,”saidJill,“butIthinkIwouldbe。”

“CouldyoubelievemeifIsaidI’dbeenrightoutoftheworld—outsidethisworld—lasthols?”

“Iwouldn’tknowwhatyoumeant。”

“Well,don’tlet’sbotheraboutworldsthen。SupposingItoldyouI’dbeeninaplacewhereanimalscantalkandwherethereare—er—enchantmentsanddragons—and—well,allthesortsofthingsyouhaveinfairy-tales。”Scrubbfeltterriblyawkwardashesaidthisandgotredintheface。

“Howdidyougetthere?”saidJill。Shealsofeltcuriouslyshy。

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