CHAPTERTHIRTEENDEEPMAGITHEDAWNOFTIME
“Yes!andhavehimrescued，”saidtheWitfully。
“Then，”saidthedwarf，“wehadbetterdowhatwehavetodoatonce。”
“IwouldliketohavedoheStoself，”saidtheWitch。“Thatistheproperplace。Thatiswhereithasalwaysbeendonebefore。”
“Itwillbealongtimeoablebeputtoitsproperuse，”saidthed>
“True，”saidtheWitdthen，“Well，Iwillbegin。”
AtthatmomentwitharushandasnarlaWolfrusheduptothem。
“IhaveseeheyareallattheStohHim。Theyhavekilledmy，Maugrim。Iwashiddesandsawitall。OheSonsofAdamkilledhim。Fly!Fly!”
“No，”saidtheWitch。“Thereneedbenoflying。Goquickly。Summonallourpeopletomeetmehereasspeedilyasthey。CalloutthegiantsandthewereiritsofthosetreeswhoareoheGhouls，andtheBoggles，theOgresaaurs。CalltheCruels，theHags，theSpedthepeopleoftheToadstools。Wewillfight。What?HaveInotstillmywand?Willnottheirranksturnintostoheyeon?Beoffquickly，Ihavealittlethingtofinishherewhileyouarea>
&bruteboweditshead，turned，andgallopeda>
“Now!”saidshe，“wehavemesee。Wehadbetterputitagairunkofatree。”
Edmundfoundhimselfbeingroughlyforcedtohisfeet。Thenthedwarfsethimwithhisbastatreeandboundhimfast。HesawtheWitchtakeoffheroutermantle。Herarmswerebareuandterriblywhite。Becausetheyweresoverywhitehecouldseethem，butheuchelse，itwassodarkinthisvalleyurees。
&hevictim，”saidtheWitdthedwarfundidEdmund'sdfoldedbackhisshirtattheookEdmund'shairandpulledhisheadbacksothathehadtoraisehis。AfterthatEdmurangenoise—hizz。Foramomenthe'tthinkwhatitwas。Thenherealized。Itwasthesoundofaknifebeingsharpened。
AtthatverymomentheheardloudshoutsfromeverydireingofhoofsaingofwiheWitfusionallroundhim。Andthenhefoundhewasbeirongarmswereroundhimandheheardbig，kindvoigthihimliedown—givehimsomewihis—steadynow—you'llbeallrightinaminute。”
Thehevoicesofpeoplewhowerenottalkingtohimbuttooheyweresayingthingslike“Who'sgottheWitch?”“Ithoughtyouhadher。”“Ididn'tseeherafterIkhekofherhand—Iwasafterthedwarf—doyoumeantosayshe'sescaped?”“—A'tmihi'sthat?Oh，sorry，it'sonlyanoldstump!”ButjustatthispointEdmuoffi。
&hetaursanduniddeerandbirds（theywereofcoursetherescuepartywhihadsechapter）allsetofftogobacktotheStoable，gEdmundwiththem。Butiftheycouldhaveseenevalleyaftertheyhadgohihavebeensurprised。
Iterfectlystillahemht;ifyouhadbeenthereyouwouldhaveseenthemoonlightshiningonaumpandonafairsizedboulder。Butifyouhadgoneonlookingyouwouldgraduallyhavebeguntothinktherewassomethingoddaboutboththestumpandtheboulder。Ayouwouldhavethoughtthatthestumpdidlookreallyremarkablylikealittlefatmangontheground。Andifyouhadwatgenoughyouwouldhaveseeumpwalkacrosstotheboulderandthebouldersitupaalkiump;forihestumpandtheboulderweresimplytheWitdthedwarf。Foritarticthatsheakethingslooklikewhattheyaren't，ahepresenindtodosoattheverymomeheknifewaskofherhaholdofherwand，soithadbeesafe，too。
&herwokeupm（theyhadbeensleepingonpilesofsinthepaviliohingtheyheard—fromMrs。Beaver—wasthattheirbrotherhadbeenresdbroughtintocamplatelastnight;andwasatthatmomentwithAslan。Assoonastheyhadbreakfastedtheyallwentout，aheysawAslanandEdmundwalkihedeartfromtherestofthecourt。Thereisellyou（andnooAslanwassaying，butitwasaversationwhid。Astheothersdrewurhem，brihhim。
“Hereisyourbrother，”hesaid，“and—thereisalktohimabout>
Edmundshookhaheothersandsaidtoeainturn，“I'msorry，”andeveryohat'sallright。”Andtheedveryhardtosaysomethingwhiakeitquiteclearthattheywereallfriendswithhimagaihingordinaryandnatural—andofoohinkofanythiosay。Butbeforetheyhadtimetofeelreallyawkwardoheleopardsapproaandsaid，“Sire，thereisamesseheenemywhocravesaudience。”
&himapproach，”saidAslan。
TheleopardwentawayaurheWitch'sd>
“Whatisye，Soh?”askedAslan。
“TheQueenofNarniaaheLoneIslandsdesiresasafeeahyou，”saidthedwarf，“onamatterwhichisasmuchteastohers。”