“All right, darling,” said Lasaraleen in her lazy voice. “Here. Two of you take the Tarkheena’s hors.”（This was to the slaves.）“And now home. I say, darling, do you think we really want the curtains drawn on a day like this? I mean to say —”
But Aravis had already drawn the curtains, enclosing Lasaraleen and herlf in a rid sted, but rather stuffy, kind of tent.
“I mustn’t be en,” she said. “My father doesn’t know I’m here. I’m running away.”
“My dear, how perfectly thrilling,” said Lasaraleen. “I’m dying to hear all about it. Darling, you’re sitting on my dress. Do you mind? That’s better. It is a new one. Do you like it? I got it at —”
“Oh, Las, do be rious,” said Aravis. “Where is my father?”
“Didn’t you know?” said Lasaraleen. “He’s here, of cour. He came to towerday and is asking about you everywhere. And to think of you and me beiogether and his not knowing anything about it！ It’s the fuhing I ever heard.” And she went off into giggles. She always had been a terrible giggler, as Aravis now remembered.
“It isn’t funny at all,” she said. “It’s dreadfully rious. Where you hide me?”
“No difficulty at all, my dear girl,” said Lasaraleen. “I’ll take you home. My husband’s away and no one will e you. Phew！ It’s not much fun with the curtains drawn. I want to e people. There’s no point in having a new dress on if oo go about shut up like this.”
“I hope no one heard you when you shouted out to me like that,” said Aravis.
“No, no, of cour, darling,” said Lasaraleen abntmindedly. “But you haven’t even told me yet what you think of the dress.”
“Ahing,” said Aravis. “You must tell your people to treat tho two hors very respectfully. That’s part of the cret. They’re really Talking Hors from Narnia.”
“Fancy！” said Lasaraleen. “How exg！ And oh, darling, have you en the barbarian queen from Narnia? She’s staying in Tashbaan at prent. They say Prince Rabadash is madly in love with her. There have been the most wonderful parties and hunts and things all this last fht. I ’t e that she’s so very pretty mylf. But some of the Narnian men are lovely. I was taken out on a river party the day before yesterday, and I was wearing my —”