&ies，SonofAdam?”saidMr。Beaver;“whatfor?”
“Why，tolookforEdmund，ofcourse!”
“There'snopointinlookingforhim，”saidMr。Beaver。
“Whatdoyoumean?”saidSusan。“He'tbefarawayyet。Andwe'vegottofindhim。Whatdoyoumeanwhenyousaythere'snouselookingforhim?”
&here'snouselooking，”saidMr。Beaver，“isthatweknowalreadywherehe'sgoaredi。“Don'tyouuand?”saidMr。Beaver。“He'sgoheWhiteWitch。Hehasbetrayedusall。”
“Oh，surely—oh，really!”saidSusan;“he'thavedo。”
“'the?”saidMr。Beaver，lookingveryhardatthethree，aheywaosaydiedontheirlips，foreachfeltsuddeaihiswasexactlywhatEdmundhaddone。
“Butwillheknowtheeter。
“Hashebeeninthistrybefore?”askedMr。Beaver。“Hasheeverbeenherealone?”
“Yes，”saidLucy，almostinawhisper。“I'mafraidhehas。”
“Aellyouwhathe'ddoneorwhohe'dmet?”
“Well，no，hedidn't，”saidLucy。
“Thenmarkmywords，”saidMr。Beaver，“hehasalreadymettheWhiteWitdjoinedherside，aoldwhereshelives。Ididn'tliketomentionitbefore（hebeingyourbrotherandall）butthemomehatbrotherofyoursIsaidtomyself‘Treacherous'。Hehadthelookofonewhohasbeedeatenherfood。Youalwaystellthemifyou'velivedlonginNarhingabouttheireyes。”
“Allthesame，”saidPeterinarathergsortofvoice，“we'llstillhavetogoandlookforhim。Heisourbrotherafterall，eveheralittlebeast。Andhe'sonlyakid。”
“GototheWitch'sHouse?”saidMrs。Beaver。“Don'tyouseethattheonlyceofsaviherhimoryourselvesistokeepawayfromher?”
“Howdoyoumean?”saidLucy。
“Why，allshewantsistogetallfourofyou（she'sthinkiimeofthosefourthroCairParavel）。OnceyouwereallfourinsideherHouseherjobwouldbedohere'dbefouruesiionbeforeyou'dhadtimetospeak。Butshe'llkeephimaliveasloheonlyoneshe'sgot，becauseshe'llwanttousehimasadecoy;asbaittocatchtherestofyouwith。”
“Oh，ehelpus?”wailedLucy。
“OnlyAslan，”saidMr。Beaver，“wemustgoohat'souronlyow。”
“Itseemstome，mydears，”saidMrs。Beaver，“thatitisveryimportanttoknowjustwhenheslippedaway。Howmutellherdependsonhowmuchheheard。Forinstance，hadwestartedtalkingofAsla?Ifnot，thenwemaydoverywell，forshewon'tknowthatAslaoNarnia，orthatwearemeetinghim，aeuardasfarasthatised。”
“Idon'trememberhisbeinghereeretalkingaboutAslaer，butLuterruptedhim。
“Ohyes，hewas，”shesaidmiserably;“don'tyouremember，itwashewhoaskedwhethertheWit'tturnAslanioo?”
“Sohedid，byJove，”saidPeter;“justthesortofthinghewouldsay，too!”
“Worseandworse，”saidMr。Beaver，“ahingisthis。WashestillherewhenItoldyouthattheplaeetingAslaable?”
Andofooheahisquestion。
“Because，ifhewas，”r。Beaver，“thenshe'llsimplysledgedowninthatdiredgetbetweenusaableandcatourwaydown。InfactweshallbeAslan。”
“Butthatisn'twhatshe'lldofirst，”saidMrs。Beaver，“notifIkhemomeellsherthatwe'reallhereshe'llsetouttocatchusthisverynight，andifhe'sbeehalfanhour，she'llbehereinaboutaes。”
“Yht，Mrs。Beaver，”saidherhusbaallgetawayfromhere。There'solose。”