ntainflowedfreshlyoutoftheearth,aheydismountedandateanddrankandweremerry.AfteratimetheQueesleepy,andtheyspreadcloaksforheronthegrassybank,andPrinceRilianwiththerestofthepartywentalittlewayfromher,thattheirtalesandlaughtermightnotwakeher.Andso,presently,agreatserpentcameoutofthethickwoodandstungtheQueeninherhand.Allheardhercryoutandrushedtowardsher,andRilianwasfirstatherside.Hesawthewlidingawayfromherandmadeafteritwithhissworddrawn.Itwasgreat,shining,andasgreenaspoison,sothathecouldseeitwell:butitglidedawayintothickbushesandhecouldnoteatit.Sohereturohismother,andfoundthemallbusyabouther.

    Buttheywerebusyinvain,foratthefirstglanceofherfaceRiliahatnophysitheworldwoulddood.Aslongasthelifewasinhersheseemedthardtotellhimsomething.Butshecouldnotspeakclearlyand,whateverhermessagewas,shediedwithoutdeliveringit.Itwasthenhardlytenminutessiheyhadfirstheardhercry.

    TheycarriedthedeadQueenbacktoCairParavel,andshewasbitterlymournedbyRilianandbytheKing,andbyallNarnia.Shehadbeelady,wiseandgraciousandhappy,KingCaspiansbridewhomhehadbroughthomefromtheeasternendoftheworld.Andmensaidthatthebloodofthestarsflowedinherveins.ThePriookhismothersdeathveryhardly,aswellhemight.Afterthat,hewasalwaysridingohernmarchesofNarnia,huntingforthatvenomousworm,tokillitandbeavenged.

    Nooneremarkedmuthis,thoughthePrincecamehomefromthesewanderingslookingtiredanddistraught.ButaboutamonthaftertheQueeh,somesaidtheycouldseeageinhim.Therewasalookinhiseyesasofamanwhohasseenvisions,andthoughhewouldbeoutall