Adventure in NARNIA (74)

Adventure in NARNIA (74)

" She'd like us to believe it, " said Mr Beaver, " and it's on that that she bases her claim to be Queen. But she's no Daughter of Eve. She comes of your father Adam's " － here Mr Beaver bowed － " your father Adam's first wife, her they called Lilith. And she was one of the Jinn. That's what she comes from on one side. And on the other she comes of the giants. No, no, there isn't a drop of real human blood in the Witch. "

" That's why she's bad all through, Mr Beaver, " said Mrs Beaver.

" True enough, Mrs Beaver, " replied he.
" There may be two views about human ( meaning no offence to the present company ), but there's no two views about things that look like humans and aren't. "

" I've known good Dwarfs, " said Mrs Beaver.

" So've I, now you come to speak of it, " said her husband, " but precious few, and they were the ones least like men. But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't now, or ought to be human, and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet. And that's why the Witch is always on the lookout for any human in Narnia. She's been watching for you this many a year, and if she knew there were four of you, she'd be more dangerous still. "

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