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of tobacco.
"What?"
"It's not finished!"
"What?"
"She can't use the staff, of course," said Granny, standing up.
"But you said she swept the floors with it and it protects her and -" Cutangle began.
"Nonono," said Granny. "That means the staff uses itself or it uses her, but she's never been able to use it, d'you seeBut it's against the I-"
He began to say "lore", but the word mumbled into silence.
"Where does it say it?" said Granny triumphantly. "Where does it say women can't be wizards?"
The following thoughts sped through Cutangle's mind:
. . . It doesn't say it anywhere, it says it everywhere.
. . . But young Simon seemed to say that everywhere is so much like nowhere ?" Cutangle stared at the two quiet bodies. "She should be able to use it. It's a proper wizard's staff." "Oh," said Granny. "So she's a proper wizard, is she?" Cutangle hesitated. "Well, of course not. You can't ask us to declare her a wizard. Where's the precedent?" "The what?" asked Granny, sharply. "It's never happened before." "Lots of things have never happened before. We're only born once." Cutangle gave her a look of mute appeal. "