ACROSS t  quot;ly dreadful!quot; w;Oened. Im shaking all over. Feel me.”

    quot;Come on,quot; said Aravis, o  t of t its ed a  terrible time. Get me doo t er-gate as quick as you can.”

    quot;Darling, ; squeaked Lasaraleen. quot;I cant do anyt  no just lie still a bit and then go back.”

    quot;; asked Aravis.

    quot;O understand. Youre so unsympatic,quot; said Lasaraleen,  beginning to cry.

    Aravis decided it was no occasion for mercy.

    quot;Look ; sc;If  you say anot going back, and if you dont start taking me to t  er-gate at once

    - do you knoo t passage and scream.  t.”

    quot;But ;Didnt you   tisroc (may he live for ever) said?”

    quot;Yes, and Id sooner be killed to Aa. So come on.”

    quot;O; said Lasaraleen. quot;And I in sucate!”

    But in to give in to Aravis. Seps  t into terraces to ty  ly. One of t adventures is t  beautiful places you are often too anxious and o appreciate t Aravis (ter) ly bubbling fountains, and trees.

    ;actom and t s unbolt te. Aravis did it. t  last, ed moonligtle landing stage and a fes.

    quot;Good-bye,quot; said Aravis, quot;and t  t Im flying from!”

    quot;O; said Lasaraleen. quot;ont you c  youve seen  man Aa is!”

    quot;Great man!quot; said Aravis. quot;A ters reasures it all up and o get   isroc to plot ure like t.”

    quot;O tisroc (may oo. It must be rigo do it!”

    quot;Good-bye,quot; said Aravis, quot;and I t your dresses lovely. And I too. Im sure youll   suit  me. Close tly behind me.”

    Sore ionate embraces, stepped into  a punt, cast off, and a moment later  in midstream ed moon doing of an o;As better!quot;  t Aravis. Sry and ed every minute of  ime in tashbaan.

    epped asrees, cut off t. But so find t  Sa  as o to  and saombs. And  no last, brave girl t quailed. Supposing t  there!

    Supposing t suck out tle bit of  ongue too)

    and  straigohem.

    But before she groom.

    quot;You can go back to your mistress no; said Aravis (quite forgetting t  , until ty gates opened next morning). quot;here is money for your pains.”

    quot;to o obey,quot; said t once set off at a remarkable  speed in tion of ty. to tell o make e:  ghouls.

    For t feting t as if te ordinary horses.

    quot;And a! to t; said Bree.

    Aravis looked round, and t enouga w  of  he groom going away.

    quot;And no; said Aravis. quot;t a moment to lose.quot; And in y  Rabadasion.

    quot;treac; said Bree, samping ;An attack in time of peace,  defiance sent! But well grease s  for here before he is.”

    quot;Can ; said Aravis, s.

    quot;Broo; snorted Bree. quot;Up you get, Sa. Can art too!”

    quot;o start at once,quot; said Aravis.

    quot;ts alk,quot; said Bree. quot;But you dont get a company of tualled and armed and saddled and started all  in a minute.

    Noion? Due North?

    quot;No,quot; said Sa. quot;I kno t. Ive draer. Bear a bit to our left, bot is!”

    quot;No; said Bree. quot;All t about galloping for a day and a nigories, cant really be done. It must be rot: but brisk trots and s walks.  And wwo oo. Now. Are you ready, h!”

    At first it  finis it  tion and as far as t er or a great silver  tray. Except for t a sound to be a  and hen.

    to last for ime er t t iced t  of tle more clearly to  notice t grey flatness on every side. It looked absolutely dead, like someta felt quite terribly tired and noticed t ting cold  and t ime ts, and t Propputtypropputty as it he dry sand.

    At last, after  treak of paler grey, loreak of red. It   last, but  a single bird to sing about it. s  now, for han ever.

    t. turned yello re ta and  Pire, far a and Sa satle out of t;A bit left, a bit left,quot; . Best of all, ombs e invisible:  s single, jagged-edged y of tisroc.  Everyone felt better.

    But not for long. tas sa, it refused to look any furt on. Sa gave up looking back at  it, for it only gave  t moving at all. t  became a nuisance.

    t nt s t scre Mount Pire and sing out  directions.

    t. iced it for t time  and  from it struck up into  time it  time, as  touc one foot back in tirrup and ther half over Brees back before you could have said knife.

    quot;Sorry, Bree,quot; ;I cant  burns my feet.quot; quot;Of course!quot;  panted Bree.

    quot;S of t myself. Stay on. Cant be helped.”

    quot;Its all rig; said Sa to Aravis  shoes on.”

    Aravis said nots  mean to, but she  did.

    On again, trot and rot, jingle-jingle-jingle, squeak-squeak- squeak, smell of   self, blinding glare,  all  different for mile after mile. tasains  t  self.

    Of course one tried all sorts of games o try to make time  pass: and of course tried very  to t in a palace in taser tinkling  creamy enoug too creamy - and tried not to t.

    At last t - a mass of rock sticking up out of  t fifty yards long and ty feet  did not cast muc it cast a little. Into t se some food and drank a little er. It is not easy giving a  of a skin  bottle, but Bree and he children  were pale.

    After a very s rest t on again. Same noises, same smells, same  glare, till at last to fall on t, and t longer and  longer till to stretc to tern end of to tern  last  coming up from till as bad as  ever. Four pairs of eyes  eagerly for any sign of t  Sallo. But, mile after mile, t level  sand. And noe definitely done, and most of tars , and  still t and  till ta - in trange, barking  voice of someone :  quot;t is!”

    taking it nole to t, t last a slope: a slope doired to speak but to and in a minute or tering t first it   in t, for tuffiness bet. tinued

    steeply doo t of  cliffs. to meet vegetation - prickly cactus-like plants and coarse grass of  t ones instead of sand. Round every bend of t er. t trengtumbling and panting;  last to a little muddiness and a tiny trickle of er ter and better grass. And trickle became a brook, and tream ream became a river and ter more  disappointments t le cataract of er poured into a broad pool: and bot;O-o-o; said  Sa and plunged in - it  up to ooped  into  taract. It  in his life.

    It  ten minutes later wwo c  nearly all over)

    came out and began to notice to peep doo t grass on botrees and buso t   s and most delicious smells. And out of t  recess among trees ta ingale.

    Everyone ired to speak or to eat. t ing  to be unsaddled, lay do once. So did Aravis and Sa.

    About ten minutes later t;But nt go to sleep.  eve got to keep a Rabadash.”

    quot;No,quot; said Bree very slo;Mustnt go sleep. Just a little rest.”

    Sa kne) t to sleep if  get  up and do somet it, and felt t  to. In fact   up and persuade to go on. But presently; not yet: not just yet...

    Very soon tingale sang over two wo   asleep.

    It ed. quot;Its my fault,quot; so ;One  expect o keep  aer a days , even if talk. And of course t Boy  ;  training. But I ougo ter.”

    tupid heir sleep.

    quot;Neig; said Bree. quot;Been sleeping in my saddle, e again. Most uncomfortable-”

    quot;O; said Aravis. quot;eve lost  a moment to spare.”

    quot;A fello to ; said Bree.

    Im afraid  ,quot; said Aravis.

    quot;s terrible ; said Bree. quot;eve crossed t,   we?”

    quot;But  in Arc,quot; said Aravis. quot;And  to get there  before Rabadash.”

    quot;O be miles a; said Bree. quot;  t Raven friend of yours say t cut, Sa?”

    quot; say anyt ser,quot; ans;ter, because you got to a river tashis may be longer.”

    quot;ell I cant go on  a snack,quot; said Bree. quot;take my bridle off,  Sa.”

    quot;P-please,quot; said ;I feel just like Bree t I cant go  on. But en made to go on  o be able to do even more, no s all for Narnia.”

    quot;I t; said Bree very crus;t I knotle more  about campaigns and forced marc a and than you do.”

    to t le person y se rigarkaan on  t moment to make   one of t results of  being a slave and being forced to do t  the power of forcing yourself.

    So to   must  going again. And even took tly terday. It he pace.

    tself, s bro it made you  to ride  slowly.