Adventure in NARNIA (32)

Adventure in NARNIA (32)

" Ha ! " said the Queen, speaking more to herself than to him.
" A door. A door from the world of men ! I have heard of such things. This may wreck all. But he is only one, and he is easily dealt with. "

As she spoke these words she rose from her seat and looked Edmund full in the face, her eyes flaming; at the same moment she raised her wand.

Edmund felt sure that she was going to do something dreadful but he seemed unable to move.

Then, just as he gave himself up for lost, she appeared to change her mind.

" My poor child," she said in quite a different voice, " how cold you look ! Come and ait with me here on the sledge and I will put my mantle round you and we will talk. "

Edmund did not like this arrangement at all but he dared not disobey; he stepped onto the sledge and sat at her feet, and she put a fold of her fur mantle round him and tucked it well in.

" Perhaps something hot to drink ? " said the Queen.
" Should you like that ? "

" yes, please, your majesty, " said Edmund whose teeth were chattering.

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