Group of children before on their first day. ’Can any of you three read a book?’ she said.
‘I can, Miss Honey.’ Said Matilda. ‘I’ve read all the children’s books in the library in the High Street.’
Miss Honey’s voice was shaking when she asked, ‘And-and what are you going to read now, Matilda?’
‘I’m reading other books.’ Said Matilda. ‘Mrs. Phelps at the library helps me to choose them.’
‘What… other books?’ asked Miss Honey. Her legs and her voice were shaking now.
‘I like Charles Dickens’s books,’ said Matilda.
Miss Honey suddenly found that she had to sit down.