Chapter Eleven
MISS CHERINGTON CROUCHED down in front of the animal once again, examining him closely. “Jimmy?” she asked, tentatively.
At the dog’s bark, she fell back onto her bottom.
“Oh, let me help you up!” Sir Arthur reached out and grabbed her arm, helping her to her feet.
“But how… why… how could she?” she sputtered.
“Wanted to try out this new magic,” Dagonet explained. “Thought it might cure the children if she changed them into animals and then changed them back again.”
“That’s ridiculous!”
“Yes, well. It’s something she’s thinking, or hoping, anyway.”
“So she’s going to change her children into dogs?” she asked, her voice getting louder as she took in this idea.
Before Dagonet could answer, she nearly yelled, “Can she change them back? Can she change Jimmy back?”
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