“And the Prince waking next morning and finding hisbirds flown！” said Peridan， clapping his hands.
“Oh Master Tumnus， dear Master Tumnus，” said the Queen， catching his hands and swinging with him as he danced. “You have saved us all.”
“The Prince will chase us，” said another lord， whose name Shasta had not heard.
“That’s the least of my fears，” said Edmund. “I haveseen all the shipping in the river and there‘s no tall ship of war nor swift galley there. I wish he may chase us！ For the Splendour Hyaline could sink anything he has to send after her.if we were overtaken at all.”
“Sire，” said the Raven. “You shall hear no better plot than the Faun’s though we sat in council for seven days. And now， as we birds say， nests before eggs. Which is as much as to say， let us all take our food and then at once be about our business.”
