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Sophie
raised
her
stick
,
slowly
and
gently
.
This
time
she
thought
for
an
instant
before
she
acted
.
Stick
,
she
muttered
.
Beat
Miss
Angorian
,
but
don
t
hurt
anyone
else
.
Then
she
swung
the
stick
and
hit
Miss
Angorian
s
tight
knuckles
the
biggest
crack
she
could
.
Miss
Angorian
let
out
a
squealing
hiss
like
a
wet
log
burning
and
dropped
Calcifer
.
Poor
Calcifer
rolled
helplessly
on
the
floor
,
flaming
sideways
across
the
flagstones
and
roaring
huskily
with
terror
.
Miss
Angorian
raised
a
foot
to
stamp
on
him
.
Sophie
had
to
let
go
of
her
stick
and
dive
to
rescue
Calcifer
.
Her
stick
,
to
her
surprise
,
hit
Miss
Angorian
again
on
its
own
,
and
again
,
and
again
.
But
of
course
it
would
!
Sophie
thought
.
She
had
talked
life
into
that
stick
.
Mrs
.
Pentstemmon
had
told
her
so
.
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Miss
Angorian
hissed
and
staggered
.
Sophie
stood
up
holding
Calcifer
,
to
find
her
stick
drubbing
away
at
Miss
Angorian
and
smoking
with
the
heat
of
her
.
By
contrast
,
Calcifer
did
not
seem
very
hot
.
He
was
milky
blue
with
shock
.
Sophie
could
feel
that
the
dark
lump
of
Howl
s
heart
was
only
beating
very
faintly
between
her
fingers
.
It
had
to
be
Howl
s
heart
she
was
holding
.
He
had
given
it
away
to
Calcifer
as
part
of
his
contract
,
to
keep
Calcifer
alive
.
He
must
have
been
very
sorry
for
Calcifer
,
but
,
all
the
same
,
what
a
silly
thing
to
do
!
Fanny
and
Mrs
.
Fairfax
hurried
through
the
door
from
the
stairs
,
carrying
brooms
.
The
sight
of
them
seemed
to
convince
Miss
Angorian
that
she
had
failed
.
She
ran
for
the
door
,
with
Sophie
s
stick
hovering
over
her
,
still
clouting
at
her
.
Stop
her
!
Sophie
shouted
.
Don
t
let
her
get
out
!
Guard
all
the
doors
!
Everyone
raced
to
obey
.
Mrs
.
Fairfax
put
herself
in
the
broom
cupboard
with
her
broom
raised
.
Fanny
stood
on
the
stairs
.
Lettie
jumped
up
and
guarded
the
door
to
the
yard
and
Martha
stood
by
the
bathroom
.
Michael
ran
for
the
castle
door
.
But
Percival
leaped
up
off
the
bed
and
ran
for
the
door
too
.
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His
face
was
white
and
his
eyes
were
shut
,
but
he
ran
even
faster
than
Michael
.
He
got
there
first
,
and
he
opened
the
door
.
With
Calcifer
so
helpless
,
the
castle
had
stopped
moving
.
Miss
Angorian
saw
the
bushes
standing
still
in
the
haze
outside
and
raced
for
the
door
with
inhuman
speed
.
Before
she
reached
it
,
it
was
blocked
by
the
scarecrow
,
looming
up
with
Prince
Justin
hung
across
its
shoulders
,
still
draped
in
Sophie
s
lace
shawl
.
It
spread
its
stick
arms
across
the
door
,
barring
the
way
.
Miss
Angorian
backed
away
from
it
.
The
stick
beating
at
her
was
on
fire
now
.
Its
metal
end
was
glowing
.
Sophie
realized
it
could
not
last
much
longer
.
Luckily
,
Miss
Angorian
hated
it
so
much
that
she
seized
hold
of
Michael
and
dragged
him
in
its
way
.
The
stick
had
been
told
no
to
hurt
Michael
.
It
hovered
,
flaming
.
Martha
dashed
up
and
tried
to
pull
Michael
away
.
The
stick
had
to
avoid
her
too
.
Sophie
had
got
it
wrong
as
usual
.