CHAPTER EIGHT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER DINNER（第4/4页）

“Worse and worse，”said Mr. Beaver，“and the next thing is this. Was he still here when I told you that the place for meeting Aslan was the Stone Table ？”

And of course no one knew the answer to this question．

“Because，if he was，”continued Mr. Beaver，“then she’ll simply sledge down in that direction and get between us and the Stone Table and catch us on our way down．In fact we shall be cut off from Aslan．”

“But that isn’t what she’ll do first，”said Mrs. Beaver，“not if I know her．The moment that Edmund tells her that we’re all here she’ll set out to catch us this very night，and if he’s been gone about half an hour，she’ll be here in about another twenty minutes．”

“You’re right，Mrs. Beaver，”said her husband，“we must all get away from here．There’s not a moment to lose．”