CHAPTERELEVENTHELIONROARS
&hewholepartywasfinallyawakeLucyhadtotellherstoryforthefourthtime。Theblanksilencewhichfolloweditwasasdisgasanythingcouldbe。
“I'tseeanything，”saidPeterafterhehadstaredhiseyessore。“you，Susan?”
“No，ofcourseI't，”snappedSusahereisn'tanythingtosee。She'sbeendreaming。Doliedownandgotosleep，Lucy。”
“AndIdohope，”saidLuatremulousvoice，“thatyouwillalle。Because—becauseI'llhavetogowithhimwhetheranyoneelsedoesornot。”
“Don'ttalknonsense，Lucy，”saidSusan。“Ofcourseyou'tgooffonyourown。Don'tlether，Peter。She'sbeingdhty。”
“I'llgowithher，ifshemustgo，”saidEdmund。“She'sbeenrightbefore。”
“Iknowshehas，”saidPeter。“Andshemayhavebeenrightthism。Welyhadnolugdownthege。Still—atthishourofthenight。AndwhyshouldAslanbeious?Heobe。It'snotlikehim。WhatdoestheD。L。F。say?”
“Oh，Isaynothingatall，”aheDwarf。“Ifyouallgo，ofcourse，I'llgowithyou;andifyourpartysplitsup，I'llgowiththeHighKing。That'smydutytohimandKing。But，ifyouaskmyprivateopinion，I'maplaindwarfwhodoesn'tthinkthere'smudingaroadbynightwhereyou'tfindonebyday。AndIhaveniswhicharetalkinglionsanddon'ttalk，andfriendlylionsthoughtheydon'tdousanygood，andwhoppingbiglionsthoughnobodyseethem。It'sallbilgeaalksasfarasIsee。”
“He'sbeatinghispawonthegroundforustohurry，”saidLucy。“WemustgoImust。”
“You'venhttotrytoforcetherestofuslikethat。It'sfourtooneandyou'retheyou，”saidSusan。
“Oh，eon，”growledEdmund。“We'vegottogo。There'llbeillwedo。”HefullyiobackLucyup，buthewasalosinghisnight'ssleepandforitbydassulkilyaspossible。
“Ohen，”saidPeter，wearilyfittinghisarmintohisshield-strapandputtion。AtaimehewouldhavesaidsomethioLucy，whowashisfavouritesister，forhekneretchedshemustbefeelihat，whateverhadhappewas。Buthe'thelpbeingalittleahherallthesame。
Susa。“SupposingIstartedbehavinglikeLucy，”shesaid。“Imightthreatentostayherewhethertherestofyouwentonornot。IjollywellthinkIshall。”
&heHighKing，yourMajesty，”saidTrumpki'sbeoff。IfI'mnottobeallowedtosleep，I'dassoonmardheretalking。”
Andsoatlasttheygotonthemove。Lutfirst，bitingherlipandtryingnottosayallthethiofsayingtoSusahemwhenshefixedhereyesonAslaurnedaaslowpaceaboutthirtyyardsaheadofthem。TheothershadonlyLucy'sdirestoguidethem，forAslanwasnotonlyihembutsilentaswell。Hisbigcat-likepawsmadehegrass。
&htofthedahertheywerestilldanobodyknew，forLucyhadhereyesontheLiohadtheireyesonLuearertheedgee。“dkettledrums!”thoughtTrumpkihismadnessisn'tgoingtoendinamoonlightdbrokennecks。”
FwayAslaaloheprecipitheycametoaplacewheresomelittletreesgrewrightournedanddisappearedamongthem。Lucyheldherbreath，foritlookedasifhehadpluhecliff;butshewastoobusykeepinghiminsighttostopandthinkaboutthis。Shequiedherpadwassoonamoreesherself。Lookingdown，shecouldseeasteepandnarrowpathgoingslaebetweenrodAsla。Heturnedaherwithhishappyeyes。Lucyclappedherhaoscrambledownafterhim。Frombehihevoicesoftheothersshouting，“Hi!Lucy!Lookoodness'sake。Yhtohege。ebadtheer，Edmund'svoig，“No，she&#ht。Thereisawaydown。”
Half-waydowhEdmundcaughtupwithher。
“Look!”hesaidi。“Look!What'sthatshaddowninfrontofus?”
“It'shisshadow，”saidLucy。
“Idobelieveyht，Lu，”saidEdmund。“I'tthinkhowIdidn'tseeitbefore。Butwhereishe?”
“Withhisshadow，ofcourse。'tyouseehim?”
“Well，IalmostthoughtIdid—foramoment。It'ssucharumlight。”
&on，KingEdmuorumpkin'svoibehindahen，fartherbehindandstillhetop，Peter'svoig，“Oh，buckup，Susan。Givemeyourhand。Why，ababycouldgetdownhere。Andd。”
Iestheywereatthebottomandtherofwaterfilledtheirears。Treadiely，likeasteppedfromstoohestream。Inthemiddlehestopped，bentdowntodrink，andasheraisedhisshaggyhead，drippingfromthewater，heturofacethemagain。ThistimeEdmundsawhim。“Oh，Aslan!”hecried，dartingforward。ButtheLionwhiskedroundandbeganpaddinguptheslopeonthefarsideoftheRush。
&er，”criedEdmund。“Didyousee?”
“Isawsomething，”saidPeter。“Butit'ssotrithismoonlight。Ohough，andthreecheersforLu'tfeelhalfsotiredher。”
Aslanwithouthesitatioheirleft，fartherupthege。Thewholejourneywasoddaherstream，thewetgraygrass，theglimmeringcliffswhichtheyroadalwaystheglorious，silentlypagBeastahead。EveryoSusanandtheDwarfcouldseehimnow。
&heyothersteeppath，upthefaceofthefartherprecipices。Thesewerefarhigherthaheyhadjustdesdthejourhemwasalongandtediouszig-zag。FortuheMohtabovethegesothatherside>
LuearlyblowailandhindlegsofAslandisappearedoverthetop:butwithoshescrambledafterhimahershaky-leggedahless，oheyhadbeentryingtoreacheversiGlasswater。Theloleslope（heatherandgrassandafewverybigrocksthatshohemoonlight）stretcheduptowhereitvanishedireesabouthalfamileaway。ShekwasthehilloftheStoable:
Withajinglingofmailtheothersclimbedupbehindher。Aslanglidedohemandtheywalkedafterhim。
“Lucy，”saidSusaninaverysmallvoice。