She got onto her borrowed broom and flew back to the Gate. Then followed by an admiring crowd of witches, she went through to the front of the building to begin the walk back to her own time.
Freda stayed to watch the fun, as Jennifer Jane explained the situation to the assembled witches. “I don’t think we should all try the spell at the same time.
The ‘Greatest Grande Dame who ever lived,’ sat with her head in her hands, trying hard to think of a spell, or indeed any other way of clearing the blocked Ley line.
She was able to see perfectly well immediately. Looking downstream in the tunnel, she could see a light almost as bright as the day outside, where the magic disappeared straight down into the ground.