Adventure in NARNIA (69)

Adventure in NARNIA (69)

Chapter 8
What Happened After Dinner

" And now, " said Lucy, " do please tell us what's happened to Mr Tumnus. "

" Ah, that's bad, " said Mr Beaver, shaking his head.
" That's a very, very bad business. There's no doubt he was taken off by the police. I got that from a bird who saw it done. "

" But where's he been taken to ? " asked Lucy.

" Well, they were heading northwards when they were last seen, and we all know what that means. "

" No, we don't, " said Susan.

Mr Beaver shook his head in a very gloomy fashion.
" I'm afraid it means they were taking him to her House, " he said.

" But, what'll they do to him, Mr Beaver ? " gasped Lucy.

" Well, " said Mr Beaver, " you can't exactly say for sure. But there's not many taken in there that ever comes out again. Statues. All full of statues they say it is ー in the courtyard and up the stairs and in the hall. People she turned ! " ー he paused and shuddered ー " turned into stone. "

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