“And， by the way，” said the Queen， “you needn’t tell them about me. It would be fun to keep it a secret between us two， wouldn‘t it？ Make it a surprise for them. Just bring them along to the two hills.a clever boy like you will easily think of some excuse for doing that.and when you come to my house you could just say， ’Let‘s see who lives here’， or something like that. I am sure that would be best. If your sister has met one of the Fauns， she may have heard strange stories about me.nasty stories that might make her afraidto come to me. Fauns will say anything， you know， and now.”
“Please， please，” said Edmund suddenly， “please couldn‘t I have just one piece of Turkish Delight to eat on the way home？”
“No， no，” said the Queen with a laugh， “you must wait till next time.” While she spoke， she signalled to the dwarf to drive on， but as the sledge swept away out of sight， the Queen waved to Edmund， calling out， “Next time！ Next time！ Don’t forget. Come soon.”
Edmund was still staring after the sledge when he heard someone calling his own name， and looking round he saw Lucy coming towards him from another part of the wood.
“Oh， Edmund！” she cried. “So you‘ve got in too！ Isn’t itwonderful， and now.”