“Forose?”
“Iwaofmyownworldbatoherown。IthoughtIwastakiohero>
“Howcameshetobeinyourworld，SonofAdam?”
“By—byMagic。”
TheLionsaidnothingandDigorykhehadnottoldenough。
“ItwasmyUn，”hesaid。“Hesentusoutofourigs，atleastIhadtogobecausehesentPollyfirst，ahelacecalleddshejustheldontouswhen—”
“YoumettheWitch?”saidAsianinalowvoicewhichhadthethreatofagrowlinit。
“Shewokeup，”saidDigorywretdthen，ture，“Imean，Iwokeher。BecauseIwaoknoouldhappenifIstruckabell。Pollydidn'twantto。Itwasn'therfault。I—Ifoughther。IknowIshouldn'thave。IthinkIwasabitehewritihebell。”
“Doyou?”askedAsian;stillspeakingverylo。
“No，”saidDigory。“IseenowIwasn't。Iretending。”
Thereause。AndDigorywasthinkiime，“I'vesp。There'singanythingforMothernow。”
&heLionspokeagain，itwasnottoDigory。
“Yousee，friehatbeforethenew，waveyouissevenhoursold，aforceofevilhasalreadye;wakedandbroughthitherbythissonofAdam。”TheBeasts，evenStrawberry，allturheireyesonDigorytillhefeltthathewishedthegroundhimup。“Butdodown，”saidAslan，stillspeakis。“Evilwilleofthatevil，butitisstillalongwayoff，andIwillseetoitthattheohemeaakesuchorderthatformanyhuhisshallbeamerrylandinamerryworld。AndasAdam'sraetheharm，Adam'sraceshallhelptohealit。Drawnear，youothertwo。”
&wordswerespokentoPollyandtheCabbywhohadnoolly，alleyesandmouth，wasstaringatAslanandholdingtheCabby'shaly。TheCabbygaveoheLion，andtookoffhisbowlerhat:seenhimwithoutit。Whenitwasoff，helookedyoungerandnidmorelikeaanandlesslikeaLondon。
“Son，”saidAslantotheCabby。“Ihaveknownyoulong。Doyouknowme?”
“Well，no，sir，”saidtheCabby。“Leastways，notinanordinarymannerofspeakiIfeelsomehow，ifImaymakesofree，as'owwe'vemetbefore。”
“Itiswell，”saidtheLion。“Youkhanyouthinkyouknow，andyoushalllivetok。Howdoesthislandpleaseyou?”
“It'safairtreat，sir，”saidtheCabby。
“Wouldyouliketolivehereal>
“Wellyouseesir，I'mamarriedman，”saidtheCabby。“Ifmywifewashereherofuswouldeverwanttogobadon，Ire。We'rebothtryfolksreally。”
Aslanthrewuphisshaggyhead，openedhismouth，andutteredaloe;notveryloud，butfullofpower。Polly'sheartjumpedinherbodywhe。Shefeltsurethatitwasadthatanyocallwouldwaand（what'smore）wouldbeabletoobeyit，howevermanyworldsaween。Andso，thoughshewasfilledwithworeallyastonishedorshoallofasuddenayoungwoman，withakifacesteppedoutofoodbesideher。PollykowastheCabby'swife，fetchedoutofourworldnotbyanytiresomemagigs，butquickly，simplyalyasabirdfliestoitsheyoungarehemiddleofawashingday，forsheron，hersleeveswererolleduptotheelbow，andtheresudsonherhands。Ifshehadhadtimetoputoodclothes（herbesthathadimitatio）shewouldhavelookeddreadful;asitwas，shelookedrathernice。
Ofcourseshethoughtshewasdreaming。Thatwaswhyshedidn'trushacrosstoherhusbandandaskhimwhatohhadhappeh。ButwhenshelookedattheLionshedidn'tfeelquitesosureitwasadream，yetforsomereasoappearthtehenshedroppedalittlehalfcurtsey，assirlsstillkodointhosedays。Afterthat，sheutherhandintheCabby'sandstrouleshyly。
“My，”saidAslan，fixihofthem，“youaretobethefirstKingandQueenofNarnia。”
Theedhismouthinasto，andhiswifeturnedveryred。
“Youshallruleahesecreatures，anddojusti，ahemfromtheirenemieswhenenemiesarise。Andenemieswillarise，forthereisathisworld。”
TheCabbyswallowedhardtwoorthreetimesahroat。
“Beggingyourpardon，sir，”hesaid，“andthankingyouverymusure（whichmyMissusdoesthesame）butIain'tnosortofachapforajoblikethat。Inever'admucheddy，yousee。”
“Well，”saidAslan，“youuseaspadeandaploughaoftheearth?”
“Yes，sir，Icoulddoabitofthatsbroughtuptoit，like。”
“yourulethesecreatureskindlyandfairly，rememberingthattheyarehedumbbeastsoftheworldyouwerebornin，butTalkisas?”
&，sir，”repliedtheCabby。“I'dtrytodothesquarethingbythemall。”
“Andwouldyupyrahesame?”
“It'dbeuptometotry，sir。I'ddomybest:wouldn'twe，Nellie?”
“Andyouwouldn'thavefavouriteseitheramongyourownohercreaturesorletanyholdanotherunderoruseithardly?”
“Inevercouldabidesugson，sir，andthat'sthetruth。I'dgive'emwhatforifIatit，”saidtheCabby。（Allthroughthisversationhisvoiceerandricher。Moreliketheusthavehadasaboyahesharp，quickvoiceofaey。）
“Andifenemiessttheland（forenemieswillarise）andthereouldyoubethefirstinthedthelasti?”
“Well，sir，”saidtheCabbyveryslodolyknowtillhe'sbeentried。IdaresayImightturnouteversuchasoft'un。Neverdidnofightihmyfists。I'dtry—thatis，I'opeI'dtry—todomybit。”
“Then，”saidAslan，，“YouwillhavedoaKingshoulddo。Yourwillbeheldpresently。Andyouandyrandshallbeblessed，andsomewillbeKingsofNarnia，andotherswillbeKingsofArdwhichliesyoheSouthernMountains。Andyou，littleDaughter（hereheturoPolly）arewele。HaveyiventheBoyfortheviolencehedidyouintheHallofImagesiepalaceofaccursed?”
“Yes，Aslan，we'vemadeitup，”saidPolly。
“Thatiswell，”saidAslan。“AndnowfortheBoyhimself。”