“So you see，” she wound up， “you did see an old friend， st as Aslan said， and you ought to have gone and spoken o him at once. And now you haven’t， and everything is oing wrong from the very beginning.”
“But how was I to know？” said Scrubb.
“If you‘d only listened to me when I tried to tell you， we’d e all right，” said Jill.
“Yes， and if you hadn‘t played the fool on the edge of that iff and jolly nearly murdered me.all right， I said murder， nd I’ll say it again as often as I like， so keep your hair on. e‘d have come together and both known what to do.”
“I suppose he was the first person you saw？” said Jill. “You ust have been here hours before me. Are you sure you idn’t see anyone else first？”
“I was only here about a minute before you，” said Scrubb. He must have blown you quicker than me. Making up for st time： the time you lost.““Don‘t be a perfect beast， Scrubb，” said Jill. “Hullo！ hat’s that？”
It was the castle bell ringing for supper， and thus what oked like turning into a first.rate quarrel was happily cut hort. Both had a good appetite by this time.
