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“Byheaven，youmakememad，”saidTirian。“WhichofussaidthatwasAslan？ThatistheApe’simitationoftherealAslan。Can’tyouunderstand？”

“Andyou’vegotabetterimitation，Isuppose!”saidGriffle。“Nothanks。We’vebeenfooledonceandwe’renotgoingtobefooledagain。”

“Ihavenot，”saidTirianangrily，“IservetherealAslan。”

“Where’she？Who’she？Showhimtous!”saidseveralDwarfs．

“DoyouthinkIkeephiminmywallet，fools？”saidTirian。“WhoamIthatIcouldmakeAslanappearatmybidding？He’snotatamelion。”

Themomentthosewordswereoutofhismouthherealizedthathehadmadeafalsemove。TheDwarfsatoncebeganrepeating“notatamelion，notatamelion，”inajeeringsing-song。“That’swhattheotherlotkeptontellingus，”saidone．

“Doyoumeanyoudon’tbelieveintherealAslan？”saidJill。“ButI’veseenhim。Andhehassentustwohereoutofadifferentworld。”

“Ah，”saidGrifflewithabroadsmile。“Soyousay。They’vetaughtyouyourstuffallright。Sayingyourlessons，ain’tyou？”

“Churl，”criedTirian，“willyougivealadythelietoherveryface？”

“Youkeepaciviltongueinyourhead，Mister，”repliedtheDwarf。“Idon’tthinkwewantanymoreKings-ifyouareTirian，whichyoudon’tlooklikehim-nomorethanwewantanyAslans。We’regoingtolookafterourselvesfromnowonandtouchourcapstonobody。See？”

“That’sright，”saidtheotherDwarfs。“We’reonourownnow。

NomoreAslan，nomoreKings，nomoresillystoriesaboutotherworlds。TheDwarfsarefortheDwarfs。”Andtheybegantofallintotheirplacesandtogetreadyformarchingbacktowherevertheyhadcomefrom．

“Littlebeasts!”saidEustace。“Aren’tyouevengoingtosaythankyouforbeingsavedfromthesalt-mines？”

“Oh，weknowallaboutthat，”saidGriffleoverhisshoulder。“Youwantedtomakeuseofus，that’swhyyourescuedus。You’replayingsomegameofyourown。Comeonyouchaps。”

AndtheDwarfsstruckupthequeerlittlemarchingsongwhichgoeswiththedrum-beat，andofftheytrampedintothedarkness．

Tirianandhisfriendsstaredafterthem。Thenhesaidthesingleword“Come，”andtheycontinuedtheirjourney．

Theywereasilentparty。Puzzlefelthimselftobestillindisgrace，andalsohedidn’treallyquiteunderstandwhathadhappened。Jill，besidesbeingdisgustedwiththeDwarfs，wasveryimpressedwithEustace’svictoryovertheCalormeneandfeltalmostshy。AsforEustace，hisheartwasstillbeatingratherquickly。TirianandJewelwalkedsadlytogetherintherear。TheKinghadhisarmontheUnicorn’sshoulderandsometimestheUnicornnuzzledtheKing’scheekwithhissoftnose。Theydidnottrytocomfortoneanotherwithwords。Itwasn’tveryeasytothinkofanythingtosaythatwouldbecomforting。TirianhadneverdreamedthatoneoftheresultsofanApe’ssettingupasafalseAslanwouldbetostoppeoplefrombelievingintherealone。HehadfeltquitesurethattheDwarfswouldrallytohissidethemomentheshowedthemhowtheyhadbeendeceived。AndthennextnighthewouldhaveledthemtoStableHillandshownPuzzletoallthecreaturesandeveryonewouldhaveturnedagainsttheApeand，perhapsafterascufflewiththeCalormenes，thewholethingwouldhavebeenover。Butnow，itseemed，hecouldcountonnothing。HowmanyotherNarniansmightturnthesamewayastheDwarfs？

“Somebody’scomingafterus，Ithink，”saidPuzzlesuddenly．

Theystoppedandlistened。Sureenough，therewasathump-thumpofsmallfeetbehindthem．

“Whogoesthere!”shoutedtheKing．

“Onlyme，Sire，”cameavoice。“Me，PoggintheDwarf。I’veonlyjustmanagedtogetawayfromtheothers。I’monyourside，Sire：andonAslan’s。IfyoucanputaDwarfishswordinmyfist，I’dgladlystrikeablowontherightsidebeforeall’sdone。”

Everyonecrowdedroundhimandwelcomedhimandpraisedhimandslappedhimontheback。OfcourseonesingleDwarfcouldnotmakeaverygreatdifference，butitwassomehowverycheeringtohaveevenone。Thewholepartybrightenedup。ButJillandEustacedidn’tstaybrightforverylong，fortheywerenowyawningtheirheadsoffandtootiredtothinkaboutanythingbutbed．

Itwasatthecoldesthourofthenight，justbeforedawn，thattheygotbacktotheTower。Iftherehadbeenamealreadyforthemtheywouldhavebeengladenoughtoeat，butthebotheranddelayofgettingonewasnottobethoughtof。Theydrankfromastream，splashedtheirfaceswithwater，andtumbledintotheirbunks，exceptforPuzzleandJewelwhosaidthey’dbemorecomfortableoutside。Thisperhapswasjustaswell，foraUnicornandafat，full-grownDonkeyindoorsalwaysmakearoomfeelrathercrowded．