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CHAPTER SEVEN WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FRONT DOOR（第2页）
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Firstcamethehansom。Therewashedriver'sseat。Ositting，butstandingontheroofswayingwithsuperbbalacameatfullspeedroundtheerwithoheair—wasJadistheQueeheTerrorof。Herteethwerebared，hereyesshonelikefire，andherlonghairstreamedoutbehindherlikeaet'stail。Shewasfloggingthehorsewithoutmerostrilswerewideassideswerespottedwithfoam。Itgallopedmadlyuptothefrthelamp-postbyanindthenreareduponitshihehansomtothelamp-postaoseveralpieces。TheWitch，withamagjump，hadspruintimeahehorse'sback。Shesettledherselfastrideandleanedforeringthingsiheymusthavebeenthioquietitbuttomaddenit。Itwasonitshindlegsagaini，anditsneighwaslikeascream;itwasallhoofsahaossingmane。Onlyasplendidridercouldhavestayedonitsback。
Beforyhadrecoveredhisbreathagoodmahiohappen。Asedashedupclosebehi:outofittherejumpedafatmaninafrodapoli。Thehirdhansomwithtwomorepoliit。Afterit，cameabouttwelyerrandboys）onbicycles，allringingtheirbellsadcat-calls。Lastofallcameacrowdofpeopleonfoot:allveryh，butobviouslyenjoyingthemselves。Windowsshotupinallthehousesofthatstreetandahousemaidorabutlerappearedateveryfrontdoor。Theywahefun。
Meanwhilealemaruggleshakilyoutoftheruihansom。Severalpeoplerushedforwardtohelphim;butasonepulledhimonewayaher，perhapshewouldhavegotoutquiteasquihisuessedthattheoldgebeUyou'tseehisface;histallhathadbeenbasheddow。
Digoryrushedoutahecrowd。
“That'sthewoman，that'sthewomaman，pointingatJadis。“Doyourduty，stable。Huhousandsofpounds'worthshe'stakenoutofmyshop。Lookatthatropeofpearlsrou'smine。Andshe'sgivenmeablackeyetoo，what'smore。”
“Thatshe'as，guv'nor，”saidohedaslovelyablackeyeasI'dwishtosee。Beautifulbitofworkthatmust'avebeen。Gor!ain'tshestrongthen!”
“Yououghttoputanicerawbeefsteakonit，Mister，that'swhatitwants，”saidabutcher'sboy。
“Nowthen，”saidthemostimportantofthepoli，“what'sallthis'ere?”
“Itellyoushe—”begaman，whensomeoneelsecalledout:“Don'tlettheoldthecabgetaway。'Eput'eruptoit。”
&leman，whowaslyUndrew，hadjustsustandingupandwasrubbinghisbruises。“Nowthen，”saidthepoli，turningtohim，“What'sallthis?”
“Womfle—pomfy—shomf，”drew'svoii。
&noolisternly。“You'llfindthisisnolaughihat'atoff，see?”
ThiswasmoreeasilysaidthaerUruggledinvaiforsometime，twootherpoliseizeditbythebrimaoff。
“Thankyou，thankyou，”saidUndrewinafaihankyou。Dearme，I'mterriblyshaken。Ifsomeonecouldgivemeasmallglassofbrandy—”
“Nowyouattendtome，ifyouplease，”saidthepoli，takingenotebookandaverysmallpencil。“Areyeofthatthereyoung>
“Lookout!”calledseveralvoidthepolijumpedastepbackwardsjustihehorsehadaimedakickathimwhichwouldprobablyhavekilledhim。Thechwheeledthehorseroundsothatshefacedtheditshihefootpath。Shehadalhtknifeinherhandandhadbeenbusilygthehorsefreefromthewreckofthehansom。
AllthistimeDigoryhadbeentryioapositionfromwhichhecouldtouchtheWitch。Thiswasn'tatalleasybethesideohim，thereweretoomanypeople。Arouhersidehehadtopassbetweenthehorse'shoofsandtherailihatsurrouhehouse;fortheKetterleys'househadabasement。Ifyouknowanythingabouthorses，andespeciallyifyouhadseenwhatastatethathorsewasi，youwillrealizethatthiswasaticklishthingtodo。Digoryksabouthorses，buthesethisteethaomakeadashforitassoonashesawafavourablemoment。
Ared-faabowlerhathadnowshoulderedhiswaytothefrontofthecrowd。
“Hi!P'lee，”hesaid，“that'smy'orsewhatshe'ssittingo'smycabwhatshe'smadematchwoodof。”
&ime，please，oime，”saidthepoli。
“Butthereain'tnotime，”saidtheCabby。“Iknowthat'orsebetter'nyoudo。'Tain'tanordinary'orse。'Isfatherwasahofficer&#erinthecavalry，'ewas。Andiftheyoungwomangoesoin''im，there'llbemurderdone。'Ere，letmegetathim。”
Thepoliwasonlytogladtohaveagoodreasfurtherawayfromthehorse。TheCabbytookastepnearer，lookedupatJadis，andsaidinanotunkindlyvoiissie，letmegetat'is'ead，andjustyougetoff。You'reaLidy，andyoudon'twantalltheseroughsgoingforyou，doyou?Youwanttogo'omeand'aveaeaandalaydowhenyou'llfeeleversomuchbetter。”Atthesametimehestretchedouthishandtowardthehorse'sheadwiththewords，“Steady，Strawberry，oldboy。Steadynow。”
&hefirsttimetheWitchspoke。
“Dog!”camehercold，clearvloudabovealltheothernoises。“Dog，unhandourrer。WearetheEmpressJadis。”
