Kathleen burst into tears at the sight of Jimmy as an old man.
"Don't cry, little girl," said Jimmy.
The children quickly realized that he didn't know them anymore.
The middle-aged Ugly-Wugly approached Jimmy.
The two men seemed to recognize each other.
They started to walk away.
"Oh no!" said Kathleen. "Where are they going?
What will happen to Jimmy when the spell breaks?"
"Don't worry," said Gerald. "I'll follow Jimmy.
Clean up the Ugly-Wuglies and then go home.
You can tell Mademoiselle that Jimmy and I are with an uncle."
Kathleen and Mabel gathered up the pile of old clothes, hockey sticks, and brooms.
That was all that was left of the six Ugly-Wuglies.
"Let's hide them in the stone dinosaur," said Mabel. "He's hollow."
"Then we can have a nice tea party with our dolls," said Kathleen.
"That'll make us forget all about this magic."
The girls hid everything in the belly of the dinosaur.
Then they returned to the school for tea.
But Kathleen couldn't forget about the magic.
She was still worried about her brothers.
Meanwhile Gerald got on the train.
He followed Jimmy and the Ugly-Wugly to London.
Then he followed them into an office building.
On one door it said, "Mr. U. W. Ugli, Stockbroker."
On the next floor, Gerald saw a door with Jimmy's name on it.
He didn't know what to do.
So he sat on the stairs.
A messenger boy came down the steps, whistling.
"What are you doing here?" he asked Gerald.
"Uh . . . I'm a detective.
What do you know about Mr. Ugli?"
"He's awfully rich," said the boy.
"And what about that other man upstairs?"
"He's even richer! Those two are rivals.
Why are you so interested in them?"
Gerald had to think up an excuse.
"That man upstairs is wanted by his family.
I need to get him out of his office."
"I think Mr. Ugli would be glad to be rid of him for a day or two.
Go in and ask him for help."
With that, the messenger boy left Gerald on the stairs.
After a few minutes of thinking, Gerald came up with a plan.
He went into Mr. Ugli's office and talked to him.
At lunchtime Mr. Ugli and Jimmy went out to a restaurant.
Gerald followed them and sat at a table nearby.
The restaurant was crowded and noisy.
But Gerald could still hear Mr. Ugli asking about the ring.
"Oh yes, this is a family treasure," said Jimmy.
"May I look more closely at it?" asked Mr. Ugli.
Then he took the ring from Jimmy's finger.
And he dropped it.
Just as Gerald and Mr. Ugli had planned!
Gerald pounced on the ring.
He put it on his own finger and made a wish.
"I wish Jimmy and I were inside the secret passage in the Temple of Flora."
It was the first safe place he could think of.
Gerald felt dizzy. Everything was very dark.
How was he going to deal with Jimmy until the spell wore off?
But there was no need to worry.
"Gerald! Are you awake?
I had such a strange dream."
Jimmy had returned to normal.
"It's that ring again," said Gerald.
"I had to wish us here to get you out of your dream."
"Where are we?"
"In the passage behind the Temple of Flora."
"But how are we going to get out?" asked Jimmy.
"I'll wish us out, of course," said Gerald.
So he wished but nothing happened.
He handed the ring to Jimmy in the darkness.
Jimmy wished and nothing happened.
The boys were trapped.