“But， Peter，” said Lucy， “look here. I know I can’t swim for nuts at home.in England， I mean. But couldn‘t we all swim long ago.if it was long ago.when we were Kings and Queens in Narnia？ We could ride then too， and do all sorts of things. Don’t you think.？”
“Ah， but we were sort of grown.up then，” said Peter.
“We reigned for years and years and learned to do things.
Aren‘t we just back at our proper ages again now？”
“Oh！” said Edmund in a voice which made everyone stoptalking and listen to him.
“I’ve just seen it all，” he said. “Seen what？” asked Peter.
“Why， the whole thing，” said Edmund. “You know what we were puzzling about last night， that it was only a year ago since we left Narnia but everything looks as if no one had lived in Cair Paravel for hundreds of years？ Well， don‘t you see？ You know that， however long we seemed to have lived in Narnia， when we got back through the wardrobe it seemed to have taken no time at all？”
“Go on，” said Susan. “I think I’m beginning to understand.” “And that means，” continued Edmund， “that， once you‘re out of Narnia， you have no idea how Narnian time is going.
Why shouldn’t hundreds of years have gone past in Narniawhile only one year has passed for us in England？”
