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           "Isthatwhatwewereafraidof?"saidanother.

           AndtheysurgedroundAslan,jeeringathim,sayingthingslike"Puss,Puss!PoorPussy,"and"Howmanymicehaveyoucaughttoday,Cat?"and"Wouldyoulikeasaucerofmilk,Pussums?"

           "Oh,howcanthey?"saidLucy,tearsstreamingdownhercheeks."Thebrutes,thebrutes!"fornowthatthefirstshockwasovertheshornfaceofAslanlookedtoherbraver,andmorebeautiful,andmorepatientthanever.

           "Muzzlehim!"saidtheWitch.Andevennow,astheyworkedabouthisfaceputtingonthemuzzle,onebitefromhisjawswouldhavecosttwoorthreeofthemtheirhands.Buthenevermoved.Andthisseemedtoenrageallthatrabble.Everyonewasathimnow.Thosewhohadbeenafraidtocomenearhimevenafterhewasboundbegantofindtheircourage,andforafewminutesthetwogirlscouldnotevenseehim-sothicklywashesurroundedbythewholecrowdofcreatureskickinghim,hittinghim,spittingonhim,jeeringathim.

           Atlasttherabblehadhadenoughofthis.TheybegantodragtheboundandmuzzledLiontotheStoneTable,somepullingandsomepushing.Hewassohugethatevenwhentheygothimthereittookalltheireffortstohoisthimontothesurfaceofit.Thentherewasmoretyingandtighteningofcords.

           "Thecowards!Thecowards!"sobbedSusan."Aretheystillafraidofhim,evennow?"

           WhenonceAslanhadbeentied(andtiedsothathewasreallyamassofcords)ontheflatstone,ahushfellonthecrowd.FourHags,holdingfourtorches,stoodatthecornersoftheTable.