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chater furteen the triuh f the witch（第1页）

AssoonastheWitchhadgoneAslansaid，Wemustmovefromthisplaceatonce，itwillbewantedforotherpurposes．WeshallencamptonightattheFordsofBeruna．

Ofcourseeveryonewasdyingtoaskhimhowhehadarrangedmatterswiththewitch；buthisfacewassternandeveryone’searswerestillringingwiththesoundofhisroarandsonobodydared．

Afterameal，whichwastakenintheopenaironthehill-top（forthesunhadgotstrongbynowanddriedthegrass），theywerebusyforawhiletakingthepaviliondownandpackingthingsup．Beforetwoo’clocktheywereonthemarchandsetoffinanortheasterlydirection，walkingataneasypacefortheyhadnotfartogo．

DuringthefirstpartofthejourneyAslanexplainedtoPeterhisplanofcampaign．“Assoonasshehasfinishedherbusinessintheseparts，”hesaid，“theWitchandhercrewwillalmostcertainlyfallbacktoherHouseandprepareforasiege．Youmayormaynotbeabletocutheroffandpreventherfromreachingit.”Hethenwentontooutlinetwoplansofbattle-oneforfightingtheWitchandherpeopleinthewoodandanotherforassaultinghercastle．AndallthetimehewasadvisingPeterhowtoconducttheoperations，sayingthingslike，“YoumustputyourCentaursinsuchandsuchaplace”or“Youmustpostscoutstoseethatshedoesn’tdoso-and-so，”tillatlastPetersaid，

“Butyouwillbethereyourself，Aslan．”

“Icangiveyounopromiseofthat，”answeredtheLion．AndhecontinuedgivingPeterhisinstructions．

ForthelastpartofthejourneyitwasSusanandLucywhosawmostofhim．Hedidnottalkverymuchandseemedtothemtobesad．

Itwasstillafternoonwhentheycamedowntoaplacewheretherivervalleyhadwidenedoutandtheriverwasbroadandshallow．ThiswastheFordsofBerunaandAslangaveorderstohaltonthissideofthewater．ButPetersaid，

“Wouldn’titbebettertocamponthefarside-forfearsheshouldtryanightattackoranything？”

Aslan，whoseemedtohavebeenthinkingaboutsomethingelse，rousedhimselfwithashakeofhismagnificentmaneandsaid，“Eh？What’sthat？”Petersaiditalloveragain．

“No，”saidAslaninadullvoice，asifitdidn’tmatter．“No．Shewillnotmakeanattackto-night．”Andthenhesigheddeeply.Butpresentlyheadded，“Allthesameitwaswellthoughtof．Thatishowasoldieroughttothink．Butitdoesn’treallymatter．”Sotheyproceededtopitchtheircamp．

Aslan’smoodaffectedeveryonethatevening．Peterwasfeelinguncomfortabletooattheideaoffightingthebattleonhisown；thenewsthatAslanmightnotbetherehadcomeasagreatshocktohim．Supperthateveningwasaquietmeal．Everyonefelthowdifferentithadbeenlastnightoreventhatmorning．Itwasasifthegoodtimes，havingjustbegun，werealreadydrawingtotheirend．

ThisfeelingaffectedSusansomuchthatshecouldn’tgettosleepwhenshewenttobed．AndaftershehadlaincountingsheepandturningoverandoversheheardLucygivealongsighandturnoverjustbesideherinthedarkness．

“Can’tyougettosleepeither？”saidSusan．

“No，”saidLucy．“Ithoughtyouwereasleep．Isay，Susan！”

“What？”

“I’veamostHorriblefeeling-asifsomethingwerehangingoverus．”

“Haveyou？Because，asamatteroffact，sohaveI．”

“SomethingaboutAslan，”saidLucy．“Eithersomedreadfulthingisgoingtohappentohim，orsomethingdreadfulthathe’sgoingtodo．”

“There’sbeensomethingwrongwithhimallafternoon，”saidSusan．“Lucy！Whatwasthathesaidaboutnotbeingwithusatthebattle？Youdon’tthinkhecouldbestealingawayandleavingustonight，doyou？”

“Whereishenow？”saidLucy．“Ishehereinthepavilion？”

“Idon’tthinkso．”

“Susan！let’sgooutsideandhavealookround．Wemightseehim．”

“Allright．Let’s，”saidSusan；“wemightjustaswellbedoingthataslyingawakehere．”

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