t;Whatabouttyingastoohisfeet,Corporal?"saidtheother,restingonhisoars.

    "Garn!"growledtheother."Wedohat,andwehaventbroughtone.Helldrownsureenoughwithoutastone,aslongaswevetiedthecht."WiththesewordsheroseandliftedhisbuernowsawthatitwasreallyaliveandwasinfactaDwarf,boundhandandfootbutstrugglingashardashecould.momentheheardatwangjustbesidehisear,andallatohesoldierthrewuphisarms,droppingtheDwarfintothebottomoftheboat,andfelloverintothewater.HeflounderedawaytothefarbankaerkhatSusansarrowhadstruhishelmet.Heturnedandsawthatshewasverypalebutwasalreadyfittingasedarrowtothestring.Butitwasneverused.

    Assoonashesawhispanionfall,theothersoldier,withaloudcry,jumpedoutoftheboatonthefarside,andliealsoflouhroughthewater(whicharentlyjustinhisdepth)anddisappearedintothewoodsofthemainland.

    "Quick!Beforeshedrifts!"shoutedPeter.HeandSusan,fullydressedastheywere,plungedin,andbeforethewatertotheirshoulderstheirhandswereonthesideoftheboat.InafewsedstheyhadhauledhertothebankandliftedtheDwarfout,andEdmundwasbusilyengagedincuttinghisbondswiththepocketknife.(Petersswordwouldhavebeensharper,butaswordisveryinveforthissortofworkbecauseyoutholditanywherelowertha.)WhenatlasttheDwarfwasfree,hesatup,rubbedhisarmsandlegs,andexclaimed:"Well,whatevertheysay,youdontfeellikeghosts.”

    LikemostDwarfshewasverystoddeep-chested.Hewouldhavebeenaboutthreefeethighifhehadbeenstandingup,andanimmensebeardandwhiskersofcoarseredhairleftlittleofhisfacetobeseeabeak-li