quot;saidMrsBeaver;"iftheresanyoneearbeforeAslanwithouttheirkneesknog,theyreeitherbraverthanmostorelsejustsilly.”

    "Thesafe?"saidLucy.

    "Safe?"saidMrBeaver;"dontyouhearwhatMrsBeavertellsyou?Whosaidanythingaboutsafe?Courseheisntsafe.Buthesgood.HestheKing,Itellyou.”

    "Imlongingtoseehim,"saidPeter,"evenifIdofeelfrightenedwhenitestothepoint.”

    "Thatsright,SonofAdam,"saidMrBeaver,bringinghispawdownoablewithacrashthatmadeallthecupsandsaucersrattle."Andsoyoushall.Wordhasbeehatyouaretomeethim,tomorrowifyou,attheStoable.

    "Wheresthat?"saidLucy.

    "Illshowyou,"saidMrBeaver."Itsdowntheriver,agoodstepfromhere.Illtakeyoutoit!”

    "ButmeanwhilewhataboutpoorMrTumnus?"saidLucy.

    "ThequickestwayyouhelphimisbygoingtomeetAslan,"saidMrBeaver,"ohus,thenwebegindoingthings.Notthatwedontneedyoutoo.Forthatsaheoldrhymes:WhenAdamsfleshandAdamsbosatCairParavelinthroheeviltimewillbeoveranddone.

    Sothingsmustbedrawiheirendnowheseandyouvee.WeveheardofAslaningintothesepartsbefore-longago,nobodysaywhen.Buttheresneverbeenanyofyourraceherebefore.”

    "ThatswhatIdontuand,MrBeaver,"saidPeter,"Imeanischherselfhuman?”

    "Shedlikeustobelieveit,"saidMrBeaver,"anditsonthatthatshebasesherclaimtobeQueen.ButshesnoDaughterofEve.SheesofyourfatherAdams"-(hereMrBeaverbowed)"yourfatherAdamsfirstwife,hertheycalledLilith