Jenny has been standing behind that door, virtually motionless, since very shortly after Agatha left. The moment he moves past it, she swings a cast-iron table lamp up toward Trunchbull head level.
(Meanwhile: the unmistakable heavy stomp comes down the stairs, and Matilda realizes she doesn't really know how to knock out Miss Trunchbull. So she throws her down the hall as hard as she can and hopes for the best.
It doesn't work.
In fact, as the dust clears, she suspects it did more damage to the wall - which is now severely dented - than to Miss Trunchbull's head, which isn't.)
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Jenny has been standing behind that door, virtually motionless, since very shortly after Agatha left. The moment he moves past it, she swings a cast-iron table lamp up toward Trunchbull head level.
(Meanwhile: the unmistakable heavy stomp comes down the stairs, and Matilda realizes she doesn't really know how to knock out Miss Trunchbull. So she throws her down the hall as hard as she can and hopes for the best.
It doesn't work.
In fact, as the dust clears, she suspects it did more damage to the wall - which is now severely dented - than to Miss Trunchbull's head, which isn't.)