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Matilda Awe and Amazement Quotes

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Quote #10

This was the most sensational bit of news of all and the entire class jumped up out of their seats to have a really good look. And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count. (20.48-9)

Seriously folks, a piece of chalk has just risen up out of its own free will (apparently) and started writing a ghostly message on the board. The chalk writer has claimed to be someone named Magnus and sent a message to the Trunchbull. You'd think this would be shocking and amazing enough for anybody, but for the majority of the people in the room, the "most sensational bit" is when the Trunchbull falls down in a faint.