CHAPTER THREE EDMUND AND THE WARDROBE（第3/3页）

“Stop ！”said the Lady，and the dwarf pulled the reindeer up so sharp that they almost sat down．Then they recovered themselves and stood champing their bits and blowing．In the frosty air the breath coming out of their nostrils looked like smoke.

“And what，pray，are you ？”said the Lady，looking hard at Edmund．

“I’m-I’m-my name’s Edmund，”said Edmund rather awkwardly．He did not like the way she looked at him．

The Lady frowned，“Is that how you address a Queen ？”she asked，looking sterner than ever．

“I beg your pardon，your Majesty，I didn’t know，”said Edmund.

“Not know the Queen of Narnia ？”cried she．“Ha ！ You shall know us better hereafter．But I repeat-what are you ？”

“Please，your Majesty，”said Edmund，“I don’t know what you mean．I’m at school-at least I was it’s the holidays now．”