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WHILEthetwogirlsstillcrouchedinthebusheswiththeirhandsovertheirfaces，theyheardthevoiceoftheWitchcallingout，

“Now！Followmeallandwewillsetaboutwhatremainsofthiswar！ItwillnottakeuslongtocrushthehumanverminandthetraitorsnowthatthegreatFool，thegreatCat，liesdead．”

Atthismomentthechildrenwereforafewsecondsinverygreatdanger．Forwithwildcriesandanoiseofskirlingpipesandshrillhornsblowing，thewholeofthatvilerabblecamesweepingoffthehill-topanddownthesloperightpasttheirhiding-place.TheyfelttheSpectresgobythemlikeacoldwindandtheyfeltthegroundshakebeneaththemunderthegallopingfeetoftheMinotaurs；andoverheadtherewentaflurryoffoulwingsandablacknessofvulturesandgiantbats．Atanyothertimetheywouldhavetrembledwithfear；butnowthesadnessandshameandhorrorofAslan’sdeathsofilledtheirmindsthattheyhardlythoughtofit.

AssoonasthewoodwassilentagainSusanandLucycreptoutontotheopenhilltop．Themoonwasgettinglowandthincloudswerepassingacrossher，butstilltheycouldseetheshapeoftheLionlyingdeadinhisbonds．Anddowntheybothkneltinthewetgrassandkissedhiscoldfaceandstrokedhisbeautifulfur-whatwasleftofit-andcriedtilltheycouldcrynomore．Andthentheylookedateachotherandheldeachother’shandsformerelonelinessandcriedagain；andthenagainweresilent．AtlastLucysaid，

“Ican’tbeartolookatthathorriblemuzzle．Iwondercouldwetakeifoff？”

Sotheytried．Andafteralotofworkingatit（fortheirfingerswerecoldanditwasnowthedarkestpartofthenight）theysucceeded．Andwhentheysawhisfacewithoutittheyburstoutcryingagainandkisseditandfondleditandwipedawaythebloodandthefoamaswellastheycould．AnditwasallmorelonelyandhopelessandhorridthanIknowhowtodescribe．

“Iwondercouldweuntiehimaswell？”saidSusanpresently.Buttheenemies，outofpurespitefulness，haddrawnthecordssotightthatthegirlscouldmakenothingoftheknots．

IhopenoonewhoreadsthisbookhasbeenquiteasmiserableasSusanandLucywerethatnight；butifyouhavebeen-ifyou’vebeenupallnightandcriedtillyouhavenomoretearsleftinyou-youwillknowthattherecomesintheendasortofquietness．Youfeelasifnothingwasevergoingtohappenagain．Atanyratethatwashowitfelttothesetwo．Hoursandhoursseemedtogobyinthisdeadcalm，andtheyhardlynoticedthattheyweregettingcolderandcolder．ButatlastLucynoticedtwootherthings．Onewasthattheskyontheeastsideofthehillwasalittlelessdarkthanithadbeenanhourago．Theotherwassometinymovementgoingoninthegrassatherfeet．Atfirstshetooknointerestinthis.Whatdiditmatter？Nothingmatterednow！Butatlastshesawthatwhatever-it-washadbeguntomoveuptheuprightstonesoftheStoneTable．Andnowwhatever-they-wereweremovingaboutonAslan’sbody．Shepeeredcloser．Theywerelittlegreythings．

“Ugh！”saidSusanfromtheothersideoftheTable．“Howbeastly！Therearehorridlittlemicecrawlingoverhim．Goaway，youlittlebeasts．”Andsheraisedherhandtofrightenthemaway．

“Wait！”saidLucy，whohadbeenlookingatthemmorecloselystill．“Canyouseewhatthey’redoing？”

Bothgirlsbentdownandstared．

“Idobelieve-”saidSusan．“Buthowqueer！They’renibblingawayatthecords！”

“That’swhatIthought，”saidLucy．“Ithinkthey’refriendlymice．Poorlittlethings-theydon’trealizehe’sdead．Theythinkit’lldosomegooduntyinghim．”

Itwasquitedefinitelylighterbynow．Eachofthegirlsnoticedforthefirsttimethewhitefaceoftheother．Theycouldseethemicenibblingaway；dozensanddozens，evenhundreds，oflittlefieldmice．Andatlast，onebyone，theropeswereallgnawedthrough．

Theskyintheeastwaswhitishbynowandthestarsweregettingfainter-allexceptoneverybigonelowdownontheeasternhorizon．Theyfeltcolderthantheyhadbeenallnight．Themicecreptawayagain．

Thegirlsclearedawaytheremainsofthegnawedropes．Aslanlookedmorelikehimselfwithoutthem．Everymomenthisdeadfacelookednobler，asthelightgrewandtheycouldseeitbetter．

Inthewoodbehindthemabirdgaveachucklingsound．Ithadbeensostillforhoursandhoursthatitstartledthem．Thenanotherbirdansweredit．Soontherewerebirdssingingallovertheplace.

Itwasquitedefinitelyearlymorningnow，notlatenight．

“I’msocold，”saidLucy．

“SoamI，”saidSusan．“Let’swalkaboutabit．”

Theywalkedtotheeasternedgeofthehillandlookeddown．Theonebigstarhadalmostdisappeared．Thecountryalllookeddarkgrey，butbeyond，attheveryendoftheworld，theseashowedpale．Theskybegantoturnred．TheywalkedtoandsfromoretimesthantheycouldcountbetweenthedeadAslanandtheeasternridge，tryingtokeepwarm；andoh，howtiredtheirlegsfelt．Thenatlast，astheystoodforamomentlookingouttowardstheyseaandCairParavel（whichtheycouldnowjustmakeout）theredturnedtogoldalongthelinewheretheseaandtheskymetandveryslowlyupcametheedgeofthesun．Atthatmomenttheyheardfrombehindthemaloudnoise-agreatcracking，deafeningnoiseasifagianthadbrokenagiant’splate．

“What’sthat？”saidLucy，clutchingSusan’sarm．

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