SUSANandthetwoboyswerebitterlytiredwithrowingbeforetheyroundedthelastheadlandandbeganthefinalpullupGlasswateritself, andLucy', notDwarfs, andhisfeetdidnotreachthefloor-boards; , , andhowahandfulofDwarfsandwoodlandcreaturescoulddefeatanarmyofgrown-upHumans.
TwilightwascomingonastheyrowedslowlyupthewindingsofGlasswaterCreek—;theycouldevenhearthetrickleofthelittlestreamsthatpoureddownfromtheforestintoGlasswater.
Theywentashoreatlast, fartootiredtoattemptlightingafire;andevenasupperofapples (thoughmostofthemfeltthattheyneverwantedtoseeanappleagain) .
, beingfarlesstired, , , sosheopenedhereyes.
, withathrillofmemory, shesawagain, afterallthoseyears, , —atleast, threeofthesummerconstellationscouldbeseenfromwhereshelay: theShip, theHammer, andtheLeopard.“DearoldLeopard,” shemurmuredhappilytoherself.
Insteadofgettingdrowsiershewasgettingmoreawake—withanodd, night-time, , thoughshecouldn', shegotupquicklyandwalkedalittledistanceawayfromtheirbivouac.
“Thisislovely,” , delicioussmellswerefloatingeverywhere.
Somewhereclosebysheheardthetwitterofanightingalebeginningtosing, thenstopping, , andwholepatchesorpoolsofmoonlight, , satisfiedatlastwithhistuningup, burstintofullsong.
Lucy'seyesbegantogrowaccustomedtothelight, , : itwouldhaveasoft, showeryvoiceandwouldlooklikeaslendergirl, withhairblownallaboutherface, : hewouldbeawizened, butheartyoldmanwithafrizzledbeardandwartsonhisfaceandhands, ! , smoothandstately, theladyofthewood.
