d:"Isay-wheresEdmund?”

    Therewasadreadfulpause,andtheneveryonebeganasking"Whosawhimlast?Howlonghashebeenmissing?Isheoutside?andthenallrushedtothedoorandlookedout.

    Thesnowwasfallingthicklyandsteadily,thegreehepoolhadvanisheduhickwhitebla,andfromwherethelittlehousestoodireofthedamyoucouldhardlyseeeitherbank.Outtheywent,plungingwellovertheiraothesoftnewsnow,aroundthehouseineverydire."Edmund!Edmund!"theycalledtilltheywerehoarse.Butthesilentlyfallingsnowseemedtomuffletheirvoidtherewasnotevenaneanswer.

    "Howperfectlydreadful!"saidSusanastheyatlastcamebadespair."Oh,hoednevere.”

    "Whatoharewetodo,MrBeaver?"saidPeter.

    "Do?"saidMrBeaver,whowasalreadyputtingonhissnow-boots,"do?Wemustbeoffatonce.Wehaventamomenttospare!”

    "Wedbetterdivideintofoursearchparties,"saidPeter,"andallgoindifferentdires.Whoeverfindshimmustebackhereatond-”

    "Searchparties,SonofAdam?"saidMrBeaver;"whatfor?”

    "Why,tolookforEdmund,ofcourse!”

    "Theresnopointinlookingforhim,"saidMrBeaver.

    "Whatdoyoumean?"saidSusan."Hetbefarawayyet.Andwevegottofindhim.

    Whatdoyoumeanwhenyousaytheresnouselookingforhim?”

    "Thereasontheresnouselooking,"saidMrBeaver,"isthatweknowalreadywherehesgone!"Everyoaredinamazement."Dontyouuand?"saidMrBeaver."Hesgooher,totheWhiteWitch.Hehasbetrayedusall.”

    "Oh,sure