“Please.Aslan，” said Lucy， “can anything be done to saveEdmund？”
“All shall be done，” said Aslan. “But it may be harder than you think.” And then he was silent again for some time. Up to that moment Lucy had been thinking how royal and strong and peaceful his face looked； now it suddenly came into her head that he looked sad as well. But in the next minute that expression was quite gone. The Lion shook his mane and clapped his paws together （“Terrible paws，” thought Lucy， “if he didn‘t know how to velvet them！”） and said，“Meanwhile， let the feast be prepared. Ladies， take theseDaughters of Eve to the pavilion and minister to them.”
When the girls had gone Aslan laid his paw.and though it was velveted it was very heavy.on Peter’s shoulder and said， “Come， Son of Adam， and I will show you a far.off sight of the castle where you are to be King.”