It's played out.' 'Then you can't help us at all,' said Jane; 'oh--I did think you could do something; I've been thinking about it ever since we saved your life yesterday.

I thought you'd be certain to be able to fetch back Father, even if you couldn't manage Mother.' And Jane began to cry.
'Now DON'T,' said the Psammead hastily; 'you know how it always upsets me if you cry.

I can't feel safe a moment.

Look here; you must have some new kind of charm.' 'That's easier said than done.' 'Not a bit of it,' said the creature; 'there's one of the strongest charms in the world not a stone's throw from where you bought me yesterday.

The man that I bit so--the first one, I mean--went into a shop to ask how much something cost--I think he said it was a concertina--and while he was telling the man in the shop how much too much he wanted for it, I saw the charm in a sort of tray, with a lot of other things.