"Why not wait until this shower is over?"
"I have said 'at once,'" replied the little Queen with dignity, "and
so it must be at once. We are accustomed to rain, so it need not
delay us, and when a disagreeable duty is to be performed, the
sooner it is accomplished the better."
"May I ask, ma'am," said Cap'n Bill, addressing the Witch, "why you
have decided to murder of us in this cold-blooded way?"
"I did not decide to murder you," answered Rosalie.
"To throw us off the island will be murder," declared the sailor.
"Then they cannot throw you off," the Witch replied.
"The Queen says they will."
"I know," said Rosalie, "but I'm quite positive her people can't do
it."
This statement astonished all the Pinkies, who looked at the Witch
inquiringly. "Why not?" asked Tourmaline.
"It is evident to me," said the Witch, speaking slowly and
distinctly, "that these Earth people are protected in some way by
fairies. They may not be aware of this themselves, nor did I see any
fairies in my vision. But if you will think upon it carefully, you
will realize that the Magic Umbrella has no power in itself, but is
enchanted by fairy power so that it is made to fly and carry
passengers through the air BY FAIRIES. This being the case, I do not
think you will be allowed to injure these favored people in any way;
but I am curious to see in what manner the fairies will defend them,
and therefore I have voted to have them thrown off the island.
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