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Aslan is nearer
"TakewithyoutheswiftestofyourwolvesandgoatoncetothehouseoftheBeavers,"saidtheWitch,"andkillwhateveryoufindthere.Iftheyarealreadygone,thenmakeallspeedtotheStoneTable,butdonotbeseen.Waitformethereinhiding.ImeanwhilemustgomanymilestotheWestbeforeIfindaplacewhereIcandriveacrosstheriver.YoumayovertakethesehumansbeforetheyreachtheStoneTable.Youwillknowwhattodoifyoufindthem!"
"Ihearandobey,OQueen,"growledtheWolf,andimmediatelyheshotawayintothesnowanddarkness,asquicklyasahorsecangallop.InafewminuteshehadcalledanotherwolfandwaswithhimdownonthedamsniffingattheBeavers’house.Butofcoursetheyfounditempty.ItwouldhavebeenadreadfulthingfortheBeaversandthechildrenifthenighthadremainedfine,forthewolveswouldthenhavebeenabletofollowtheirtrail-andtentoonewouldhaveovertakenthembeforetheyhadgottothecave.Butnowthatthesnowhadbegunagainthescentwascoldandeventhefootprintswerecoveredup.
Meanwhilethedwarfwhippedupthereindeer,andtheWitchandEdmunddroveoutunderthearchwayandonandawayintothedarknessandthecold.ThiswasaterriblejourneyforEdmund,whohadnocoat.Beforetheyhadbeengoingquarterofanhourallthefrontofhimwascoveredwithsnow-hesoonstoppedtryingtoshakeitoffbecause,asquicklyashedidthat,anewlotgathered,andhewassotired.Soonhewaswettotheskin.Andoh,howmiserablehewas!Itdidn’tlooknowasiftheWitchintendedtomakehimaKing.Allthethingshehadsaidtomakehimselfbelievethatshewasgoodandkindandthathersidewasreallytherightsidesoundedtohimsillynow.Hewouldhavegivenanythingtomeettheothersatthismoment-evenPeter!
