After that， the Dwarf touched up his donkey and it set ff towards the castle at something between a trot and a addle （it was a very fat little beast）， while the Faun， the wl， and the children followed at a rather slower pace. The un had set and the air was growing cool.
They went across the lawn and then through an orchard nd so to the North Gate of Cair Paravel， which stood wide pen. Inside， they found a grassy courtyard. Lights were lready showing from the windows of the great hall on heir right and from a more complicated mass of buildings raight ahead. Into these the Owl led them， and there a ost delightful person was called to look after Jill. She was ot much taller than Jill herself， and a good deal slenderer， ut obviously full grown， graceful as a willow， and her hair as willowy too， and there seemed to be moss in it.