He would never have found his way if the moon hadn’t e out by the time he got to the other river you remember he had ehey first arrived at the Beavers’）a smaller river flowing into the great one lower down.He now reached this and turo follow it up.But the little valley down which it came was much steeper and rockier than the one he had just left and much rown with bushes, so that he could not have ma at all in the dark.Even as it was, he got wet through for he had to stoop under branches and great loads of snow came sliding off onto his bad every time this happened he thought more and more how he hated Peter—just as if all this had beeer’s fault.
But at last he came to a part where it was more level and the valley opened out.And there, oher side of the river, quite clo to him, in the middle of a little plaiween two hills, he saw what must be the White Witch’s Hou.And the moon was shining brighter thahe Hou was really a small castle.It emed to be all towers; little towers with long pointed spires on them, sharp as needles.They looked like huge dunce’s caps or sorcerer’s caps.And they shone in the moonlight and their long shadows looked strange on the snow.Edmund began to be afraid of the Hou.
But it was too late to think of turning baow.
He crosd the river on the id walked up to the Hou.There was nothing stirring; not the slightest sound anywhere.Even his ow made no noi on the deep newly fallen snow.He walked on and on, past er after er of the Hou, and past turret after turret to find the door.He had to ght round to the far side before he found it.It was a huge arch but the great iron gates stood wide open.
Edmund crept up to the ard looked io the courtyard, and there he saw a sight that nearly made his heart stop beating.Just ihe gate, with the moonlight shining on it, stood an enormous lion crouched as if it was ready t.And Edmund stood in the shadow of the arch, afraid to go on and afraid to go back, with his knees knog together.He stood there so long that his teeth would have been chattering with cold even if they had not been chattering with fear.How long this really lasted I don’t know, but it emed to Edmund to last for hours.