CHAPTER TWO WHAT LUCY FOUND THERE（第3/3頁）

“I’m sure I can，”said Lucy．

“We must go as quietly as we can，”said Mr. Tumnus．“The whole wood is full of her spies．Even some of the trees are on her side．”

They both got up and left the tea things on the table，and Mr. Tumnus once more put up his umbrella and gave Lucy his arm， and they went out into the snow．The journey back was not at all like the journey to the Faun’s cave；they stole along as quickly as they could，without speaking a word，and Mr. Tumnus kept to the darkest places．Lucy was relieved when they reached the lamp-post again．

“Do you know your way from here，Daughter o Eve ？”said Tumnus．

Lucy looked very hard between the trees and could just see in the distance a patch of light that looked like daylight．“Yes，”she said，“I can see the wardrobe door．”

“Then be off home as quick as you can，”said the Faun，“and-c-can you ever forgive me for what meant to do ？”

“Why，of course I can，”said Lucy，shaking him heartily by the hand．“And I do hope you won’t get into dreadful trouble on my account．”

“Farewell，Daughter of Eve，”said he．“Perhaps I may keep the handkerchief ？”

“Rather ！”said Lucy，and then ran towards the far off patch of daylight as quickly as her legs would carry her．And presently instead of rough branch brushing past her she felt coats，and instead of crunching snow under her feet she felt wooden board and all at once she found herself jumping out of the wardrobe into the same empty room from which the whole adventure had started． She shut the wardrobe door tightly behind her and looked around， panting for breath．It was still raining and she could hear the voices of the others in the passage．

“I’m here，”she shouted．“I’m here．I’ve come back I’m all right．”