And it was she who had screamed, and who, in fact, was still screaming.
'Don't!' cried Jane, 'please don't! We won't hurt you.' 'Where are the rest of your gang ?' asked the lady, stopping short in the middle of a scream.
'The others have gone on, on the wishing carpet,' said Jane truthfully.
'The wishing carpet ?' said the lady.
'Yes,' said Jane, before Robert could say 'You shut up!' 'You must have read about it.

The Phoenix is with them.' Then the lady got up, and picking her way carefully between the piles of clothes she got to the door and through it.

She shut it behind her, and the two children could hear her calling 'Septimus! Septimus!' in a loud yet frightened way.
'Now,' said Robert quickly; 'I'll drop first.' He hung by his hands and dropped through the trap-door.
'Now you.

Hang by your hands.

I'll catch you.