“You may be glad enough of it before you taste bread again，” said the Witch.
While he was still chewing away， the first dwarf came back and announced that the sledge was ready. The White Witch rose and went out， ordering Edmund to go with her. The snow was again falling as they came into the courtyard， but she took no notice of that and made Edmund sit beside her on the sledge. But before they drove off she called Maugrim and he came bounding like an enormous dog to the side of the sledge.
“Take with you the swiftest of your wolves and go at once to the house of the Beavers，” said the Witch， “and kill whatever you find there. If they are already gone， then make all speed to the Stone Table， but do not be seen. Wait for me there in hiding. I meanwhile must go many miles to the West before I find a place where I can drive across the river. You may overtake these humans before they reach the Stone Table. You will know what to do if you find them！”