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Note: THERE ARE THOUSANDS of worlds, all different from ours.
1 CAT CHANT ADMIRED his elder sister Gwendolen. She was a witch.
2 CAT WAS ALARMED by Miss Larkins. She was the daughter of Mr. Larkins at the junk shop.
3 THE TRAIN JOURNEY lasted about an hour, before the train puffed into Bowbridge. . .
4 THE SAME SOFTNESS and silence were there when the red-haired Mary woke Cat. . .
5 GWENDOLEN REFUSED TO tell Cat what she was going to do.
6 GWENDOLEN GAVE VENT to her fury in her room after dinner.
7 IT RAINED ON Saturday afternoon. Gwendolen shut herself into her room. . .
8 GWENDOLEN WENT DOWN to the village to get her dragons’ blood on Wednesday afternoon.
9 BY THIS TIME, Cat was as bewildered as the strange girl seemed to be. Chant?
10 CAT WATCHED HIS moment and, when Mr. Saunders called them to lessons. . .
11 BY THE TIME Janet had laced both her boots, Cat was sure it was lunchtime.
12 CHRESTOMANCI’S STUDY WAS a large, sun-filled room with books in shelves. . .
13 THEY WERE USHERED into a private parlor in the White Hart.
14 CAT SCREAMED. Flames burst out of him all over. He screamed again. . .
15 IT WAS A GLORIOUS start-of-autumn day, with everything green and gold, hot and still.
16 “CAT,” SAID CHRESTOMANCI, from almost behind Cat’s head. “Cat!”
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Extras:
Who Is Chrestomanci?
About Dressing Gowns
Related Worlds
Types of Magic
Chrestomanci Castle
The Importance of Cats
The Willing Warlock
Oneir
Tonino
The Worlds of Diana Wynne Jones: An
Interview