Theycamedowntotheriver, flowingbrightandblueinwintersunshine, farbelowthelastbridge (whichisatthesnug, red-roofedlittletownofBeruna) andwereferriedacrossinaflatbargebytheferryman;orrather, bytheferry-wiggle, , , whohadchangedhisblackclothesandwasnowdressedinascarletcloakoversilvermail, stoodclosetothewater'sedge, bare-headed, toreceivehisfather; , and, anyway, .
Aflourishofsilvertrumpetscameoverthewaterfromtheship'sdeck: thesailorsthrewarope; rats (TalkingRats, ofcourse) andMarsh-wigglesmadeitfastashore; , hiddensomewhereinthecrowd, begantoplaysolemn, 'sgalleonwasalongsideandtheRatsranthegangwayonboardher.
, , , carryingsomethingandgoingveryslowly, : itwastheoldKingonabed, , butitwasahalf-heartedcheer, 'sheadfellbackuponhispillows, , kneelingbytheKing'sbed, laiddownhisheaduponitandwept.
, bonnets, helmets, orhoodsweretakingthemoff—; , slowly, mercilessly, withwailingstringsanddisconsolateblowingofhorns, themusicbeganagain: thistime, atunetobreakyourheart.
TheybothslippedofftheirCentaurs (whotooknonoticeofthem).
“IwishIwasathome, ” saidJill.
Eustacenodded, sayingnothing, andbithislip.
“Ihavecome, ” , , andhowshehadhelpedtomuffnearlyallthesigns, “I'msorry” , andbentdownandtouchedtheirpalefaceswithhistongue, andsaid:
“.”
“Please, Aslan, ” saidJill, “maywegohomenow? ”
“, ” : instead, itseemedthattheyremainedstill, , andsuddenlytheywerestandinginagreatbrightnessofmid-summersunshine, onsmoothturf, amongmightytrees, andbesideafair, freshstream.
