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“I don’t doubt you’d save him if you could,dearie,”said Mrs. Beaver,“but you’ve no chance of getting into that House against her will and ever coming out alive.”
“Couldn’t we have some stratagem ?”said Peter.“I mean couldn’t we dress up as something,or pretend to be-oh,pedlars or anything-or watch till she was gone out-or-oh,hang it all, there must be some way.This Faun saved my sister at his own risk,Mr. Beaver.We can’t just leave him to be-to be-to have that done to him.”
“It’s no good,Son of Adam,”said Mr. Beaver,“no good your trying,of all people.But now that Aslan is on the move-”
“Oh,yes ! Tell us about Aslan !”said several voices at once;for once again that strange feeling-like the first signs of spring,like good news,had come over them.
“Who is Aslan ?”asked Susan.
“Aslan ?”said Mr. Beaver.“Why,don’t you know ? He’s the King.He’s the Lord of the whole wood,but not often here, you understand.Never in my time or my father’s time.But the word has reached us that he has come back.He is in Narnia at this moment.He’ll settle the White Queen all right.It is he,not you,that will save Mr. Tumnus.”
“She won’t turn him into stone too ?”said Edmund.
“Lord love you,Son of Adam,what a simple thing to say !”
answered Mr. Beaver with a great laugh.Turn him into stone ? If she can stand on her two feet and look him in the face it’ll be the most she can do and more than I expect of her.No,no.He’ll put all to rights as it says in an old rhyme in these parts: