“Oh—oh—oh!”sobbedMr。Tumnus，“I&#besuchabadFaun。”
“Idon'tthinkyou'reabadFaunatall，”saidLucy。“IthinkyouareaverygoodFauheFaunI'veevermet。”
“Oh—oh—youwouldn'tsaythatifyouknew，”repliedMr。Tumweenhissobs。“No，I'mabadFaun。Idon'tsupposethereeverwasaworseFauhebeginningoftheworld。”
“Butwhathaveyoudone?”askedLucy。
“Myoldfather，now，”saidMr。Tumnus;“that'shispiantelpiece。Hewouldhihis。”
“Athi?”saidLucy。
&I'vedone，”saidtheFaun。“TakeheWhiteWitch。That'swhatIam。I'miheWhiteWitch。”
&eWitch?Whoisshe?”
“Why，itisshethathasgotallNarhumb。It'sshethatmakesitalwayswinter。Alwayswinteramas;thinkofthat!”
“Howawful!”saidLucy。“Butwhatdoesshepayyoufor?”
“That'stheworstofit，”saidMr。Tumnusgroan。“I'makidnapperforher，that'swhatIam。Lookatme，DaughterofEve。WouldyoubelievethatI'mthesortofFauapoorithewood，ohadneverdonemeanyharm，aobefriendlywithit，ahometomycave，allforthesakeoflullihenhandiheWhiteWitch?”
“No，”saidLusureyouwouldn'tdoanythi。”
“ButIhave，”saidtheFaun。
“Well，”saidLucyratherslowly（forshewahfulabetoohardonhim），“rettybad。Butyou'resosorryforitthatI'msureyouwillagain。”
“DaughterofEve，don'tyouuand?”saidtheFaun。“Itisn'tsomethingIhavedone。I'mdoingitnow，thisverymoment。”
“Whatdoyoumeaure。
“Youarethechild，”saidTumnus。“IhadordersfromtheWhiteWitchthatifeverIsawaSonhterofEveinthewood，Iwastocatdhaoher。AhefirstIevermet。AndI'vepreteobeyourfriendaotea，aimeI'vebeeowaittillyouandthengoandtellHer。”
“Oh，butyouwon't，Mr。Tumnus，”saidLucy。“Yowon't，willyou?Indeed，indeedyoureallymustn't。”
“AndifIdon't，”saidhe，beginningtain，“she'ssuretofindout。Andshe'llhavemytailyhornssawnoff，andmybeardpluckedout，andshe'llwaveherwandovermybeautifulhoofsandturohorridsolidhoofslikeawretchedhorse's。Araandspegryshe'llturoneandIshallbeonlystatueofaFauninherhorriblehouseuhroCairParavelarefilleda—andgoodnesskewilleverhappenatall。”
“I'mverysorry，Mr。Tumnus，”saidLucy。“Butpleaseletmegohome。”
“OfcourseIwill，”saidtheFaun。“OfcourseI'vegotto。Iseethatnow。Ihadn'tknownwhatHumanswerelikebeforeImetyou。OfcourseI'tgiveyouuptotheWitowthatIknowyou。Butwemustbeoffatonce。I'llseeyoubap-post。IsupposeyoudyourownwayfromtherebacktoSpareOomandWarDrobe?”
“I'msureI，”saidLucy。
&goasquietlyaswe，”saidMr。Tumnus。“Thewholewoodisfullofherspies。Evereesareonherside。”
&hgotupaeathiable，andMr。TumuphisumbrellaandgaveLucyhisarm，aihejourneybaotatalllikethejourheFaun'scave;theystolealongasquicklyastheycould，withoutspeakingaword，andMr。Tumhedarkestplaces。Lucywasrelievedwhehelamp-postagain。
“DoyouknowyourwayfrhterofEve?”saidTumnus。
Lucylookedveryhardbetweereesandcouldjustseeiachoflightthatlookedlikedaylight。“Yes，”shesaid，“Iseethewardrobedoor。”
“Thenbeoffhomeasquickasyou，”saidtheFaun，“and—yivemeforwhatImeanttodo?”
“Why，ofcourseI，”saidLughimheartilybythehand。“AndIdohopeyouwon'tgetiroubleonmyat。”
“Farewell，DaughterofEve，”saidhe。“PerhapsImaykeepthehandkerchief?”
“Rather!”saidLudthenrantowardthefar-offpatchofdaylightasquicklyasherlegswouldcarryher。Aeadhbranchesbrushingpasthershefeltdinsteadsnowushefeltwoodenboards;andallatonceshefoundherselfjumpingoutofthewardrobeintothesameemptyroomfromwhichthewholeadvearted。Sheshutthewardrhtlybehindherandlookedaround，pantiwasstillrainingandshecouldhearthevoicesoftheothersinthepassage。
“I'mhere，”sheshouted。“I'mhere。I'veebaallright。”