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Have to give the matter some thought?

I perhaps lied about this.

‘You are asking,’ I said, ‘whether I would care to leave war-torn London and come with you to what can surely be described as nothing less than an Earthly paradise?’

‘I think you will find it to your liking,’ said the princess. ‘Would you care for more wine? And have some sweeties too. You will be a hero in our land, for returning that which was stolen from us.’

‘A hero,’ I said and I sipped at my wine and accepted a sweetie too. The prospect of returning with this beautiful creature to Narnia^TM, or wherever it was that she had come from, leaving the horror of London behind was certainly tempting.

To put it mildly.

And of course-

But then there was a terrible

WHOOMPH!

And things went black for me.