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r they could manage. There was no reply．
“Did she go from you while I was away ？”asked Tirian．
“I didn’t see or hear her go，”said Eustace.“But she could have gone without my knowing. She can be as quiet as a cat; you’ve seen for yourself.”
At that moment a far off drum beat was heard. Jewel moved his ears forward.“Dwarfs，”he said．
“And treacherous Dwarfs，enemies，as likely as not，”muttered Tirian．
“And here comes something on hoofs，much nearer，”said Jewel．
The two humans and the Unicorn stood dead still. There were now so many different things to worry about that they didn’t know what to do. The noise of hoofs came steadily nearer. And then， quite close to them，a voice whispered：
“Hallo! Are you all there ？”
Thank heaven，it was Jill’s．
“Where the devil have you been to ？”said Eustace in a furious whisper，for he had been very frightened．
“In the stable，”gasped Jill，but it was the sort of gasp you give when you’re strug
