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Bur his misery did not last long. Almost at once there came a bump，and then a second bump，and two children were standing before him. The wood in front of him had been quite empty a second before and he knew they had not come from behind his tree， for he would have heard them. They had in fact simply appeared from nowhere. He saw at a glance that they were wearing the same queer，dingy sort of clothes as the people in his dream; and he saw，at a second glance，that they were the youngest boy and girl out of that party of seven．

“Gosh!”said the boy，“that took one’s breath away! I thought-”

“Hurry up and get him untied，”said the girl.“We can talk， afterwards.”Then she added，turning to Tirian，“I’m sorry we’ve been so long. We came the moment we could.”

While she was speaking the Boy produced a knife from his pocket and was quickly cutting the King’s bonds：too quickly，in fact，for the King was so stiff and numb that when the last cord was cut he fell forward on his hands and knees. He couldn’t get up again till he had brought some life back into his legs by a good rubbing．

“I say，”said the girl.“It was you，wasn’t it，who appeared to us that night when we were all at supper ？ Nearly a week ago.”

“A week，fair maid ？”said Tirian.“My dream led me into your world scarce ten minutes since.”

“It’s the usual muddle about times，Pole，”said the Boy．

“I remember now，”said Tirian.“That too comes in all the old tales. The time of your strange land is different from ours. But if we speak of Time，’tis time to be gone from here：for my enemies are close at hand. Will you come with me ？”

“Of course，”said the girl.“It’s you we’ve come to help.”