ASLANISNEARER

    EDMUNDmeanwhilehadbeenhavingamostdisappointingtime.WhenthedwarfhadgoogetthesledgereadyheexpectedthattheWitchwouldstartbeingohim,asshehadbeenattheirlastmeeting.Butshesaidnothingatall.AlastEdmundpluckeduphiscetosay,"Please,yourMajesty,couldIhavesomeTurkishDelight?

    You-you-said-"sheanswered,"Silence,fool!"Thensheappearedtogehermindandsaid,asiftoherself,a"Awillnotdotohavethebratfaintingontheway,”

    andoncemoreclappedherhands.Another,deared.

    &quthehumaurefoodanddrink,"shesaid.

    Thedwarfwentaresentlyreturnedbringinganironbowlwithsomewaterinitandanironplatewithahunkofdrybreadonit.HegrinnedinarepulsivemannerashesetthemdownonthefloorbesideEdmundandsaid:"TurkishDelightforthelittlePrince.Ha!Ha!Ha!""Takeitaway,"saidEdmundsulkily."Idontwantdrybread."ButtheWitchsuddenlyturnedonhimwithsuchaterribleexpressiononherfacethathe,apologizedaonibbleatthebread,though,itwassostalehecouldhardlygetitdown.

    "Youmaybegladenoughofitbeforeyoutastebreadagain,"saidtheWitch.

    Whilehewasstillchewingawaythefirstdwarfcamebadannouhatthesledgewasready.TheWhiteWitchroseaout,Edmundtogowithher.Thesnowwasagainfallingastheycameintothecourtyard,butshetooknonoticeofthatandmadeEdmundsitbesideheronthesledge.ButbeforetheydroveoffshecalledMaugrimandhecameboundinglikeanenormousdogtothesideofthesledge.

    "TakewithyoutheswiftestofyourwolvesandgoatohehouseoftheBeavers,”

    saidtheWitch