“'tyouremember—itwastheverydaybeforetheambassadorscamefromtheKingofCalormen—don'tyourememberplantingtheorchardoutsidethenorthgateofCairParavel? Thegreatestofallthewood-people, Pomonaherself, , thechiefmole, leaningonhisspadeandsaying, ‘Believeme, yourMajesty, you'llbegladofthesefruittreesoneday.' AndbyJovehewasright.”
“Ido! Ido!” saidLucy, andclappedherhands.
“Butlookhere, Peter,” saidEdmund.“, wedidn''thavebeensuchfools.”
“No, ofcoursenot,” saidPeter.“Butithasgrownuptothegatesince.”
“Andforanotherthing,” saidEdmund, “CairParavelwasn'tonanisland.”
“Yes, I'-do-you-call-it, 'tithavebeenmadeanislandsinceourtime? Somebodyhasdugachannel.”
“Buthalfamoment!” saidEdmund.“', andgreatforestshavegrownup, andlittletreeswesawplantedourselveshaveturnedintoabigoldorchard, 'sallimpossible.”
“There'sonething,” saidLucy.“—thedoorthatleddowntothetreasurechamber.”
“Isupposethereisn'tadoor,” saidPeter, gettingup.
Thewallbehindthemwasamassofivy.
“Wecansoonfindout,” saidEdmund, -tapwentthestickagainstthestone; andagain, tap-tap; andthen, allatonce, boom-boom, withaquitedifferentsound, ahollow, woodensound.
“GreatScott!” saidEdmund.
“Wemustclearthisivyaway,” saidPeter.
“Oh, dolet'sleaveitalone,” saidSusan.“'vegottospendthenighthereIdon'twantanopendooratmybackandagreatbigblackholethatanythingmightcomeoutof, 'llsoonbedark.”
“Susan! Howcanyou?” '''; andatlasttheyhadthedoorcleared.
“Locked, ofcourse,” saidPeter.
“Butthewood'sallrotten,” saidEdmund.“Wecanpullittobitsinnotime, .”
