"Not a bit," Caspian assures her. "If she were in the water, perhaps, but she's as snug and safe in here as any of the horses."

He covers the hull of the boat once more with the tarp, leaving it looking rather like a large, awkward turtle. "Odd, isn't it? We sometimes had these early snows in Narnia. They never lasted long, but it was a sign of things to come."