[The Magic City by Edith Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Magic City CHAPTER X 16/41
But no, the bucket swung loose a moment in mid-air, then it was hastily drawn up, and a hollow metallic clang echoed through the cavern. 'Brenda!' the cry was wrung from the heart of the sober self-contained Max. 'My wings and claws!' exclaimed the parrot. 'Oh, bother!' said Philip. There was some excuse for these expressions of emotion.
The white disk overhead had suddenly disappeared.
Some one up above had banged the lid down.
And all the manly hearts were below in the cave, and brave Lucy and helpless Brenda were above in a strange place, whose dangers those below could only imagine. 'I wish _I'd_ gone,' said Philip.
'Oh, I _wish_ I'd gone.' 'Yes, indeed,' said Max, with a deep sigh. 'I feel a little faint,' said the parrot; 'if some one would make a cup of cocoa.' Thus did the excellent bird seek to occupy their minds in that first moment of disaster.
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