“Anddon'tyousnapatSulikethat, either,” saidEdmund.“Ithinkshe'squiteright.”
“Tubsandtortoiseshells!” exclaimedTrumpkin.“Ifwe'vegotlostcoming, whatchancehaveweoffindingourwayback? Andifwe'retogobacktotheIslandandbeginalloveragain—evensupposingwecould—.”
“Youthinkweoughttogoon?” saidLucy.
“I'mnotsuretheHighKingislost,” saidTrumpkin.“What'stohinderthisriverbeingtheRush?”
“BecausetheRushisnotinagorge,” saidPeter, keepinghistemperwithsomedifficulty.
“YourMajestysaysis,” repliedtheDwarf, “butoughtn'tyoutosaywas? Youknewthiscountryhundreds—itmaybeathousand—'tithavechanged? Alandslidemighthavepulledoffhalfthesideofthathill, leavingbarerock, , oranything.”
“Ineverthoughtofthat,” saidPeter.
“Andanyway,” continuedTrumpkin, “evenifthisisnottheRush, it', , toourright, we''dhoped, butatleastwe'llbenoworseoffthanifyou'dcomemyway.”
“Trumpkin, you'reabrick,” saidPeter.“Comeon, .”
“Look! Look! Look!” criedLucy.
“Where? What?” saideveryone.
“TheLion,” saidLucy.“'tyousee?” Herfacehadchangedcompletelyandhereyesshone.
“Doyoureallymean—?” beganPeter.
“Wheredidyouthinkyousawhim?” askedSusan.
“Don'ttalklikeagrown-up,” saidLucy, stampingherfoot.“Ididn'.”
“Where, Lu?” askedPeter.
“, , —upthere.”
“Howdoyouknowthatwaswhathewanted?” askedEdmund.
“He—I—Ijustknow,” saidLucy, “byhisface.”
Theothersalllookedateachotherinpuzzledsilence.
“HerMajestymaywellhaveseenalion,” putinTrumpkin.“Therearelionsinthesewoods, I''thavebeenafriendlyandtalkinglionanymorethanthebearwasafriendlyandtalkingbear.”
