Who told you that some part of the charm was missing ?' 'I can't tell you,' she said.

'I know it seems most awfully rude, especially after being so kind about telling us the name of power, and all that, but really, I'm not allowed to tell anybody anything about the--the--the person who told me.

You won't forget your breakfast, will you ?' The learned gentleman smiled feebly and then frowned--not a cross-frown, but a puzzle-frown.
'Thank you,' he said, 'I shall always be pleased if you'll look in--any time you're passing you know--at least...' 'I will,' she said; 'goodbye.

I'll always tell you anything I MAY tell.' He had not had many adventures with children in them, and he wondered whether all children were like these.

He spent quite five minutes in wondering before he settled down to the fifty-second chapter of his great book on 'The Secret Rites of the Priests of Amen Ra'.
It is no use to pretend that the children did not feel a good deal of agitation at the thought of going through the charm into the Past.