The others obeyed at once for they had already lingered long enough in that dangerous place and the dwarf drums seemed to have come a little nearer.
It was only after they had been walking Southward for several minutes that Eustace said：
“Got him？ What do you mean？” “The false Aslan，” said Jill.
“What？” said Tirian. “Where have you been？ What have you done？”
“Well， Sire，” said Jill. “As soon as I saw that you‘d got the sentry out of the way I thought hadn’t I better have a look inside the stable and see what really is there？ So I crawled along. It was as easy as anything to draw the bolt. Of course it was pitch black inside and smelled like any other stable. Then I struck a light and.would you believe it？ .there was nothing at all there but this old donkey with a bundle of lion.skin tied on to his back. So I drew my knife and told him he‘d have to come along with me. As a matter of fact I needn’t have threatened him with the knife at all. He was very fed up with the stable and quite ready to come. weren‘t you， Puzzle， dear？”