“That wasly what I meant,”whispered Susan to Lucy.But it was too late to do anything about it now even if Aslan would have listeo her.The ge was already creeping up the Giant’s legs.Now he was moving his feet.A moment later he lifted his club off his shoulder, rubbed his eyes and said,
“Bless me！I must have been asleep.Now！Where’s that dratted little Witch that was running about on the ground.Somewhere just by my feet it was.”But when everyone had shouted up to him to explain what had really happened, and when the Giant had put his hand to his ear and got them to repeat it all again so that at last he uood, then he bowed down till his head was no further off thaop of a haystad touched his cap repeatedly to Aslan, beaming all over his ho ugly face.
“Now for the inside of this hou！”said Aslan.“Look alive, everyone.Up stairs and down stairs and in my lady’s chamber！Leave no er unarched.You never know where some poor prisoner may be cealed.”
And into the interior they all rushed and for veral mihe whole of that dark, horrible, fusty old castle echoed with the opening of windows and with everyone’s voices g out at once.“Don’t fet the dungeon—Give us a hand with this door！Here’s another little winding stair—Oh！I say.Here’s a poor kangaroo.Call Aslan—Phew！How it smells in here—Look out for trap-doors-Up here！There are a whole lot more on the landing！”But the best of all was when Lucy came rushing upstairs shouting out,
“Aslan！Aslan！I’ve found Mr.Tumnus.Oh, do e quick.”
A moment later Lud the little Faun were holding each other by both hands and dang round and round for joy.The little chap was he wor for having been a statue and was of cour very ied in all she had to tell him.
But at last the ransag of the Witch’s fortress was ehe whole castle stood empty with every door and window open and the light and the sweet spring air flooding into all the dark and evil places whieeded them so badly.The whole crowd of liberated statues surged bato the courtyard.And it was then that someoumnus, I think）first said.“But how are we going to get out?”for Aslan had got in by a jump and the gates were still locked.