Chapter 5 The Deplorable Word Summary

The children are standing, facing one another by the pillar where the bell hangs. They hear a soft noise at the end of the room. The last person, the beautiful woman, is rising from her chair. They realize that she is very tall and that she must be the queen from her crown, robes, and the flash of her eyes. The woman asks them who has awoken her, and when Digory tells her that it was he, the woman questions this, since he has no noble blood in his veins. Polly tells her that they came from another world, by magic.

When the sound of falling masonry begins again, the Queen tells the children that they should leave the palace. The Queen takes the children by the hands. Polly thinks that the Queen is a terrible woman...