Then you would have been saved the troubles and annoyances of your long journey." "I didn't mind the journey at all," said Dorothy; "it was fun." "As it has turned out," remarked Ojo, "I can never get the things the Crooked Magician sent me for; and so, unless I wait the six years for him to make the Powder of Life, Unc Nunkie cannot be saved." Ozma smiled.
"Dr.Pipt will make no more Powder of Life, I promise you," said she.
"I have sent for him and had him brought to this palace, where he now is, and his four kettles have been destroyed and his book of recipes burned up.

I have also had brought here the marble statues of your uncle and of Margolotte, which are standing in the next room." They were all greatly astonished at this announcement.
"Oh, let me see Unc Nunkie! Let me see him at once, please!" cried Ojo eagerly.
"Wait a moment," replied Ozma, "for I have something more to say.
Nothing that happens in the Land of Oz escapes the notice of our wise Sorceress, Glinda the Good.

She knew all about the magic-making of Dr.
Pipt, and how he had brought the Glass Cat and the Patchwork Girl to life, and the accident to Unc Nunkie and Margolotte, and of Ojo's quest and his journey with Dorothy.

Glinda also knew that Ojo would fail to find all the things he sought, so she sent for our Wizard and instructed him what to do.

Something is going to happen in this palace, presently, and that 'something' will, I am sure, please you all.