ENCHANTMENTS DONE WHILE YOU WAIT. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CHARM CAREFULLY AND COMPETENTLY WORKED. STRONG SPELLS FROM FIFTY GUINEAS TO TUPPENCE. WE SUIT ALL PURSES. GIVE US A TRIAL. BEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE TRADE. COMPETITION DEFIED. Lucy read this with her thumb in her mouth. It was the tuppence that attracted her; she had never bought a spell, and even a tuppenny one would be something new. 'It's some sort of conjuring trick, I suppose,' she thought, 'and I'll never let Harry see how it's done--never, never, never!' She went in. The shop was just as flowery, and bowery, and red-rosy, and white-lilyish inside as out, and the colour and the scent almost took her breath away. A thin, dark, unpleasing gentleman suddenly popped out of a bower of flowering nightshade, and said: 'And what can we do for you to-day, miss?' 'I want a spell, if you please,' said Lucy; 'the best you can do for tuppence.' 'Is that all you've got?' said he. 'Yes,' said Lucy. 'Well, you can't expect much of a spell for that,' said he; 'however, it's better that I should have the tuppence than that you should; you see that, of course. Now, what would you like? We can do you a nice little spell at sixpence that'll make it always jam for tea. And I've another article at eighteenpence that'll make the grown-ups always think you're good even if you're not; and at half a crown----' 'I've only got tuppence.' 'Well,' he said crossly, 'there's only one spell at that price, and that's really a tuppenny-half-penny one; but we'll say tuppence. I can make you like somebody else, and somebody else like you.' 'Thank you,' said Lucy; 'I like most people, and everybody likes me.' 'I don't mean _that_,' he said. 'Isn't there someone you'd like to hurt if you were as strong as they are, and they were as weak as you?' [Illustration: '"And what can we do for you to-day, Miss?"'--Page 170.] 'Yes,' said Lucy in a guilty whisper. 'Then hand over your tuppence,' said the dark gentleman, 'and it's a bargain.' He snatched the coppers warm from her hand. 'Now,' he said, 'to-morrow morning you'll be as strong as Harry, and he'll be little and weak like you. Then you can hurt him as much as you like, and he won't be able to hurt back.' 'Oh!' said Lucy; 'but I'm not sure I want----I think I'd like to change the spell, please.' 'No goods exchanged,' he said crossly; 'you've got what you asked for.' 'Thank you,' said Lucy doubtfully, 'but how am I----?' 'It's entirely self-adjusting,' said nasty Mr. Doloro. 'No previous experience required.' 'Thank you very much,' said Lucy. 'Good----'