HOWALLWEREVERYBUSYALITTLEbeforetwooclockTrumpkinandtheBadgersatwiththerestofthecreaturesatthewoodsedgelookingacrossatthegleaminglineofMirazsarmywhichwasabouttwoarrow-shotsaway.Iween,asquarespaceoflevelgrasshadbeenstakedforthebat.AtthetwofarersstoodGlozelleandSopespianwithdrawnswords.AtthenearerswereGiantWimbleweatherandtheBulgyBear,whoinspiteofalltheirwarningswassughispawsandlooking,totellthetruth,unonlysilly.Tomakeupforthis,Glenstormontherightofthelists,stock-stillexceptwheampedahindhoofoccasionallyourf,lookedmuposingthaelmarinebaronwho

    facedhimo.PeterhadjustshakenhandswithEdmundaor,andwasnowwalkingdowntothebat.Itwaslikethemomentbeforethepistolgoesatanimportantrace,butverymuchworse.

    "IwishAslanhadturnedupbeforeitcametothis,"saidTrumpkin.

    "SodoI,"saidTrufflehunter."Butlookbehindyou.”

    "Crowsandcrockery!"mutteredtheDwarfassoonashehaddoneso."Whatarethey?

    Hugepeople-beautifulpeople-likegodsandgoddessesandgiants.Hundredsandthousandsofthem,closinginbehindus.Whatarethey?”

    "ItstheDryadsandHamadryadsandSilvans,"saidTrufflehunter."Aslanhaswakedthem.”

    "Humph!"saidtheDwarf."Thatllbeveryusefuliftheeryanytreachery.ButitwoheHighKingverymuchifMirazproveshahhissword.”

    TheBadgersaidnothing,forerandMirazwereenterisfromoppositeends,bothonfoot,bothinshirts,withhelmetsandshields.Theyadvailltheywereclosetogether.Bothbowedaospeak,,butitossibletohearwhattheysaid.moment,the