Adventure in NARNIA (78)

Adventure in NARNIA (78)

" All the same, " said Peter in a rather choking sort of voice, " we'll still have to go and look for him. He is our brother after all, even if he is rather a little beast. And he's only a kid. "

" Go to the Witch's House ? " said Mrs Beaver.
" Don't you see that the only chance of saving either him or yourselves is to keep away rom her ? "

" How do you mean ? " said Lucy.

" Why, all she wants is to get all four of you ( she's thinking all the time of those four thrones at Cair Paravel ). Once you were all four inside her House her job would be done ー and there'd be four new statues in her collection before you'd had time to speak. But she'll keep in him alive as long as he's the only one she's got, because she'll want to use the him as a decoy; as bait to catch the rest o you with. "

" Oh, can no one help us ? " wailed Lucy.

" Only Aslan, " said Mr Beaver.
" We must go on and meet him. That's our only chance now. "

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