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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 53, December 30, 2001, Article 10

C.S. LEWIS NUMISMATIC REFERENCE

  Ron Guth writes: "Here's an interesting numismatic reference
  from C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia."  This one
  comes at the beginning of the first chapter of "The Magician's
  Nephew", when Polly asks Digory if his uncle is really mad
  (crazy):

  "Well, either he's mad," said Digory, "or there's some other
  mystery.  He has a study on the top floor and Aunt Letty
  says I must never go up there.  Well, that looks fishy to begin
  with.  And then there's another thing.  Whenever he tries to
  say anything to me at meal times -- he never even tries to
  talk to her -- she always shuts him up.  She says, 'Don't worry
  the boy, Andrew', or, 'I'm sure Digory doesn't want to hear
  about that', or else, 'Now, Digory, wouldn't you like to go
  out and play in the garden?'"

  "What sort of things does he try to say?"

  "I don't know.  He never gets far enough.  But there's more
  than that.  One night -- it was last night in fact -- as I was
  going past the foot of the attic stairs on my way to bed (and
  I don't much care for going past them either) I'm sure I heard
  a yell."

  "Perhaps he keeps a mad wife shut up there."

  "Yes, I've thought of that."

  "Or perhaps he's a coiner...."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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