“’t you get to sleep either?”said Susan.
“No,”said Lucy.“I thought you were asleep.I say, Susan！”
“What?”
“I’ve a most horrible feeling—as if something were hanging over us.”
“Have you?Becau, as a matter of fact, so have I.”
“Something about Aslan,”said Lucy.“Either some dreadful thing is going to happen to him, or something dreadful that he’s going to do.”
“There’s been something wrong with him all afternoon,”said Susan.“Lucy！What was that he said about not being with us at the battle?You don’t think he could be stealing away and leaving us tonight, do you?”
“Where is he now?”said Lucy.“Is he here in the pavilion?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Susa’s go outside and have a look round.We might e him.”
“All right.Let’s,”said Susan.“we might just as well be doing that as lying awake here.”
Very quietly the twroped their way among the other sleepers and crept out of the tent.The moonlight was bright and everything was quite still except for the noi of the river chattering over the stohen Susan suddenly caught Lucy’s arm and said.“Look！”On the far side of the camping ground, just where the trees began, they saw the Lion slowly walking away from them into the wood.Without a word they both followed him.
He led them up the steep slope out of the river valley and then slightly to the right—apparently by the very same route which they had ud that afternoon in ing from the Hill of the Stoable.On and on he led them, into dark shadows and out into pale moonlight, getting their feet wet with the heavy dew.He looked somehow different from the Aslan they knew.His tail and his head hung low and he walked slowly as if he were very, very tired.Then, when they were crossing a wide open place where there were no shadows for them to hide iopped and looked round.It was no go to run away so they came towards him.When they were clor he said, away so they came towards him.When they were clor he said,
“Oh, children, children, why are you following me?”
“We couldn’t sleep,”said Lud the sure that she need say no more and that Aslan knew all they had been thinking.