One thing that worried her a good deal was the size of the Book. The Chief Voice had not been able to give her any idea whereabouts in the the spell for making things visible came. He even seemed rather surprised at her asking. He expected her to begin at the beginning and go on till she came to it； obviously he had never thought that there was any other way of finding a place in a book. “But it might take me days and weeks！” said Lucy， looking at the huge volume， “and I feel already as if I’d been in this place for hours.”
She went up to the desk and laid her hand on the book； her fingers tingled when she touched it as if it were full of electricity. She tried to open it but couldn‘t at first； this， however， was only because it was fastened by two leaden clasps， and when she had undone these it opened easily enough. And what a it was！