Secret of the Underground Room (12 page)
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Authors: John Bellairs
"Uh, professor?" he asked timidly. "Is your brother really a sorcerer? I mean, he saved us out on the bridge, but then he got trapped by Masterman just the way you did."
The professor chuckled. "Humphrey would like to think he's a sorcerer," he said. "He's memorized some spells and he's whipped up some potions in his lab, but that doesn't make you a wizard. Just before we left, he told me he was going to stop fooling around with magic."
"Do you think he really will?" asked Johnny.
The professor grinned and peered at Johnny over the top of his glasses. "John," he said solemnly, "if I told you I was going to stop being a foul-tempered old crank, what would you believe? Eh?"
Everybody laughed.
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