“But now things are different. You are in the top form competing against children more than twice your age
“and all that mental energy is being used up in class.
“Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy, which is great.
“That's only a theory, mind you, and it may be a silly one, but I don't think it's far off the mark.”
“I'm glad it's happened,” Matilda said. “I wouldn't want to go through life as a miracle-worker.”
“You've done enough,” Miss Honey said. “I can still hardly believe you made all this happen for me.”
Matilda, who was perched on a tall stool at the kitchen table, ate her bread and jam slowly.
She did so love these afternoons with Miss Honey. She felt completely comfortable in her presence,
and the two of them talked to each other more or less as equals.
“Did you know,” Matilda said suddenly, “that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred and fifty times a second?”
“I did not,” Miss Honey said smiling. “How absolutely fascinating. Where did you read that?” “In a book from the library,” Matilda said.
“And that means it goes so fast you can't even hear the separate beats. It must sound just like a buzz.”
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