ned that as she was being driven into Rochester
to buy the girls' autumn school-dresses the axle had broken, and but for
the narrowness of the lane and the high soft hedges she would have been
thrown out. As it was, she was not hurt, but she had had to walk home.
"And oh, my dearest dear chicks," she said, "I am simply dying for a cup
of tea! Do run and see if the water boils!"

"So you see it's all right," Jane whispered. "She doesn't remember."

"No more does Martha," said Anthea, who had been to ask after the state
of the kettle.

As the servants sat at their tea, Beale the gamekeeper dropped in. He
brought the welcome news that Lady Chittenden's diamonds had not been
lost at all. Lord Chittenden had taken them to be re-set and cleaned,
and the maid who knew about it had gone for a holiday. So that was all
right.

"I wonder if we ever shall see the Psammead again," said Jane wistfully
as they walked in the garden, while mother was putting the Lamb to bed.

"I'm sure we shall," said Cyril, "if you really wished it."

"We've promised never to ask it for another wish," said Anthea.

"I never want to," said Robert earnestly.

They did see it again, of course, but not in this story. And it was not
in a sand-pit either, but in a very, very, very different place. It was
in a---- But I must say no more.

* * * * *

Transcriber's notes:

Varied hyphenation retained where a majority could not be found.
Exceptions noted.

Page 60, "Peasemarch" changed to "Peasemarsh" to conform to rest of
text. "Billy Peasemarsh."

Page 111, "hasily" changed to "hastily" in "Jane hastily finished".

Page 116, extraneous " removed. "better. What"

Page 179, Quotation mark added. "...Anthea said. "It's creepy..."

Page 193, "gatehouse" changed to "gate-house" to conform to rest of
text, "in the gate-house."

Page 290, "Peasmarsh" changed to "Peasemarsh" in "at Peasemarsh Place",
also on page 297, "Peasemarsh Place".

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