MAINLY ABOUt DARFS   t t took  for a tarkaan or great lord o a  and raised te.

    quot;O My Master,quot; said one of t;o Calormen to  isroc, may-he-live-forever. “

    quot;By t god tas,quot; said tirian. turned to t one in six of torc  flickering lig ;isroc foug battle, D; ;t tiently to die in t-pits of Pugrahan?”

    t  t;Aslans orders, Aslans orders.  can  him?”

    quot;tisroc indeed!quot; added one and spat. quot;Id like to see ry it!”

    quot;Silence, dogs!quot; said the chief soldier.

    quot;Look!quot; said tirian, pulling Puzzle foro t. quot;It  come to Narnia at all. You ed by t out of table to s it.”

    t t close, ainly enougo make taken in. t pretty  untidy already during Puzzles imprisonment in table and it  of it was in a big lump on  one shoulder.

    t very far back so  t anyone could no. Some  grass stuck out of one corner of tle quiet nibbling as  t tering, quot;It  my fault, Im not clever. I never  said I was.”

    For one second all taring at Puzzle ;Are you mad, My Master?  are you  doing to t; and t;And  te noion.

    quot;Give t; said the chief soldier.

    quot;t; said t;t is  da, for I am tirian of Narnia.”

    ning. Eustace,  I  blame . And  beginners sometimes do  all t tirian ried to teac afternoon, slas sure  s) and suddenly found, to  surprise, t t . And t  relief, it  t, ratening. t lasted a second or too  ed to Eustace, quot;are two.”

    But ttled t.

    quot;ell struck, Eustace!quot; cried tirian, clapping ;Noomorroo free all Narnia. three cheers for Aslan!”

    But t empt from a fe five)  all.

    quot;Dont tand?quot; said Jill impatiently. quot;s  you  ts all over. t going to rule  Narnia any longer.

    Everyone can go back to ordinary life. You can  you  glad?”

    After a pause of nearly a minute a not-very-nice-looking D said: quot;And w you be, Missie?”

    quot;Im Jill,quot; s;tment and tace oo - and er  us.”

    t one anot merry  ones.

    quot;ell,quot; said t;I dont kno to for t  of my life.”

    quot;ts rigs rig; gro;Its all a plant,  all a blooming plant.”

    quot; do you mean?quot; said tirian.  been pale   to be a beautiful moment, but it  urning out more like a bad dream.

    quot;You must t in t you must,quot; said  Griffle. quot;eve been taken in once and no us to be taken in again t  minute. eve no more use for stories about Aslan, see! Look at h long  ears!”

    quot;By ; said tirian. quot;  is tation of t you understand?”

    quot;And youve got a better imitation, I suppose!quot; said Griffle. quot;No t going to be fooled again.”

    quot;I ,quot; said tirian angrily, quot;I serve the real Aslan.”

    quot;o us!quot; said several Dwarfs.

    quot;Do you t, fools?quot; said tirian. quot;  I could make Aslan appear at my bidding?  a tame lion.”

    t t of   once began repeating quot;not a tame lion, not a tame  lion,quot; in a jeering sing-song. quot;ts  kept on telling us,quot; said one.

    quot;Do you mean you dont believe in t; said Jill. quot;But Ive  seen  us t world.”

    quot;A; said Griffle ;So you say. tauguff all rig you?”

    quot;C; cried tirian, quot;o her very face?”

    quot;You keep a civil tongue in your er,quot; replied t;I dont  t any more Kings - if you are tirian, o look after ourselves from noouco nobody. See?”

    quot;ts rig; said t;ere on our oories about ot; And to fall into to get ready for marco  whey had come from.

    quot;Little beasts!quot; said Eustace. quot;Arent you even going to say t-mines?”

    quot;O t,quot; said Griffle over ;You ed  to make use of us, ts why you rescued us. Youre playing some game of your own. Come  on you chaps.”

    And truck up ttle marc, and off tramped into the darkness.

    tirian and ared after t;Come,quot; and tinued their journey.

    t party. Puzzle felt o be still in disgrace, and  also  really quite understand aces victory over t  almost sace,  ill beating ratirian and Jeogetimes  t nose. t try to comfort  one anot  very easy to to say t ing. tirian  one of ts of an Apes setting up as a false  Aslan would be

    to stop people from believing in t quite sure t  to   nigo Stable o all tures and everyone  ter a scuffle   no seemed,  on not turn the Dwarfs?

    quot;Somebodys coming after us, I t; said Puzzle suddenly.

    topped and listened. Sure enoug behem.

    quot;; sed the King.

    quot;Only me, Sire,quot; came a voice. quot;Me, Poggin t  managed to get a a Drike a blo side before alls  done.”

    Everyone cro difference,  but it ace didnt stay brigoo tired to t anyt bed.

    It  t , just before da t  back to tower.

    If to  eat, but tting one  to be t of. tream, splaser, and tumbled into t for  Puzzle and Jeside. t as , full-groher  crowded.

    Narnian D   toug and strongest creatures t Poggin, in spite of a e nig once took Jills bo  out and s a couple of  plucking tep and  cting to Je a good deal better t and delicatest of beasts, o alking to  t tand  like grass and sugar and tace came out of to almost  ten, ty of a Narnian astes a good deal nicer tle butter  and pepper to make it perfect, but t got t al ste or dinner, . tirian  a little furto t back some brancime,

    especially as it smelled nicer and nicer t came to being done -  te D for Poggin: mail s, , s, and dagger.

    ted Eustaces s Eustace  it back in  t and made to  clean and polis.

    All t to and fro, sometimes stirring t and  sometimes looking out enviously at tentedly grazing. imes t morning s grass!

    But  ing for, and  ten as muc on tep, ted ones lay  doirian) lit  ;No, ale do tell of my escape?”

    quot;As cunning a tale, Sire, as ever ; said Poggin. quot;It , Ginger, , and most likely made it up too. ts if ever a cat ree to o repeat  can ning and sy up at one mouts trembled at tory and some fainted rig up. t Aslan does to t respect  t be a o you all. And tures

    in t your Majestys escape  set till o aid you, but only made  t to the Ape.”

    quot; devilis; said tirian. quot;the  Apes counsels.”

    quot;Its more a question by no; replied  t;taken to drinking, you see. My belief is t t is noly carried on by Ginger or Riss tain. And I t Ginger tered among to blame for turn they  made you.

    And Ill tell you ings   broken up t before last and Id gone a bit of t  my pipe behind.

    It e, so I  back to look for it.  But before I got to tting (it cs voice say Me stood as  still as if I arkaan, said t in t silky voice of  ed to knoly w we

    bot today about Aslan meaning no more tasless, most  sagacious of cats, says t t; quot;All ,  said tarkaan.

    `tand one anot. `Do you, like me, grotle upid, greedy brute, says t   use . t provide for all t and make t ter,  it, said Ginger, `to let some of tened Narnians into our counsels: one by one as . For ts   any moment: and rays .

    But tas o t and sucisroc may give t Cat, said tain. `But c;  o   down. Now Puzzle sed his head uneasily.  Jill looked up.

    quot;Its clouding over,quot; she said.

    quot;And its so cold,quot; said Puzzle.

    quot;Cold enoug; said tirian, blohis?”

    quot;P; gasped Eustace. quot;Its like somet? And ice it before?”

    it upo  and pointed h his  horn.

    quot;Look!quot; ;Look at it! Look, look!”

    ttermost dismay.