A little later, when the children went outside to play, Miss Honey went to Miss Trunchbull’s office.
She went to see the teachers who taught the older children, and borrowed several books from them. Then she found Matilda and asked her to come inside.
Miss Honey got Matilda’s address from the school office and walked to the Wormwood’s house just after nine o’clock that evening. She waited until then to be sure that Matilda was in bed.
She found the house in a pleasant street and knocked on the door. A small, ratty-looking man wearing an orange and red jacket opened it.