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 all this well; king caspian?鈥

〃i do indeed; sir;〃 said caspian。 〃i was wishing that i came of a more  honourable lineage。鈥

〃you e of the lord adam and the lady eve;〃 said aslan。 〃and that is both  honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar; and shame enough to bow the  shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth。 be content。鈥

caspian bowed。

〃and now;〃 said aslan; 〃you men and women of telmar; will you go back to  that island in the world of men from which your fathers first came? it is no bad place。  the race of those pirates who first found it has died out; and it is without  inhabitants。 there are good wells of fresh water; and fruitful soil; and timber for building; and fish  in the lagoons; and the other men of that world have not yet discovered it。 the chasm is open  for your return; but this i must warn you; that once you have gone through; it will close  behind you for ever。 there will be no more merce between the worlds by that door。鈥

there was silence for a moment。 then a burly; decent looking fellow among  the telmarine soldiers pushed forward and said:  〃well; ill take the offer。鈥

〃it is well chosen;〃 said aslan。 〃and because you have spoken first; strong  magic is upon you。 your future in that world shall be good。 e forth。鈥

the man; now a little pale; came forward。 aslan and his court drew aside;  leaving him free access to the empty doorway of the stakes。

〃go through it; my son;〃 said aslan; bending towards him and touching the  mans nose with his own。 as soon as the lions breath came about him; a new look came  into the mans eyes … startled; but not unhappy … as if he were trying to remember  something。 then he squared his shoulders and walked into the door。

everyones eyes were fixed on him。 they saw the three pieces of wood; and  through them the trees and grass and sky of narnia。 they saw the man between the  doorposts: then; in one second; he had vanished utterly。

from the other end of the glade the remaining telmarines set up a wailing。  〃ugh! whats happened to him? do you mean to murder us? we wont go that way。〃 and then  one of the clever telmarines said:  〃we dont see any other world through those sticks。 if you want us to  believe in it; why doesnt one of you go? all your own friends are keeping well away from the  sticks。鈥

instantly reepicheep stood forward and bowed。 〃if my example can be of any  service; aslan;〃 he said; 〃i will take eleven mice through that arch at your bidding  without a moments delay。鈥

〃nay; little one;〃 said aslan; laying his velvety paw ever so lightly on  reepicheeps head。

〃they would do dreadful things to you in that world。 they would show you at  fairs。 it is others who must lead。鈥

〃e on;〃 said peter suddenly to edmund and lucy。 〃our times up。鈥

〃what do you mean?〃 said edmund。

〃this way;〃 said susan; who seemed to know all about it。 〃back into the  trees。 weve got to change。鈥

〃change what?〃 asked lucy。

〃our clothes; of course;〃 said susan。 〃nice fools wed look on the platform  of an english station in these。鈥

〃but our other things are at caspians castle;〃 said edmund。

〃no; theyre not;〃 said peter; still leading the way into the thickest  wood。 〃theyre all here。 they were brought down in bundles this morning。 its all arranged。鈥

〃was that what aslan was talking to you and susan about this morning?〃  asked lucy。

〃yes … that and other things;〃 said peter; his face very solemn。 〃i cant  tell it to you all。

there were things he wanted to say to su and me because were not ing  back to narnia。鈥

〃never?〃 cried edmund and lucy in dismay。

〃oh; you two are;〃 answered peter。 〃at least; from what he said; im pretty  sure he means you to get back some day。 but not su and me。 he says were getting too  old。鈥

〃oh; peter;〃 said lucy。 〃what awful bad luck。 can you bear it?鈥

〃well; i think i can;〃 said peter。 〃its all rather different from what i  thought。 youll understand when it es to your last time。 but; quick; here are our  things。鈥

it was odd; and not very nice; to take off their royal clothes and to e  back in their school things (not very fresh now) into that great assembly。 one or two of  the nastier telmarines jeered。 but the other creatures all cheered and rose up in  honour of peter the high king; and queen susan of the horn; and king edmund; and queen lucy。  there were affectionate and (on lucys part) tearful farewells with all their old  friends … animal kisses; and hugs from bulgy bears; and hands wrung by trumpkin; and a last  tickly; whiskerish embrace with trufflehunter。 and of course caspian offered the  horn back to susan and of course susan told him to keep it。 and then; wonderfully and  terribly; it was farewell to aslan himself; and peter took his place with susans hands on  his shoulders and edmunds on hers and lucys on his and the first of the telmarines on  lucys; and so in a long line they moved forward to the door。 after that came a moment  which is hard to describe; for the children seemed to be seeing three things at once。 one  was the mouth of a cave opening into the glaring green and blue of an island in the  pacific; where all the telmarines would find themselves the moment they were through the door。 the  second was a glade in narnia; the faces of dwarfs and beasts; the deep eyes of  aslan; and the white patches on the badgers cheeks。 but the third (which rapidly  swallowed up the  

other two) was the grey; gravelly surface of a platform in a country  station; and a seat with luggage round it; where they were all sitting as if they had never  moved from it … a little flat and dreary for a moment after all they; had been through; but  also; unexpectedly; nice in its own way; what with the familiar railway smell and  the english sky and the summer term before them。

〃well!〃 said peter。 〃we have had a time。鈥

〃bother!〃 said edmund。 〃ive left my new torch in narnia。鈥

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