“Well，” said Eustace after he had thought hard for a bit. “I elieve that was the sort of thing I was thinking of， though never did it. But now that it comes to the point， I’ve an ea that all those circles and things are rather rot. I don‘t hink he’d like them. It would look as if we thought we ould make him do things. But really， we can only ask him.” “Who is this person you keep on talking about？”
“They call him Aslan in That Place，” said Eustace. “What a curious name！”
“Not half so curious as himself，” said Eustace solemnly. But let‘s get on. It can’t do any harm， just asking. Let‘s and side by side， like this. And we’ll hold out our arms in ont of us with the palms down： like they did in Ramandu‘s land.““Whose island？”
“I’ll tell you about that another time. And he might like s to face the east. Let‘s see， where is the east？”
“I don’t know，” said Jill.
“It‘s an extraordinary thing about girls that they never know the points of the compass，” said Eustace.
“You don’t know either，” said Jill indignantly.
“Yes I do， if only you didn‘t keep on interrupting. I’ve got it now. That‘s the east， facing up into the laurels. Now， will you say the words after me？”
“What words？” asked Jill.
