Normally, she'd take back the query as soon as she noted the flinch on his face. But this time, she can't help the open curiosity that has her attention completely riveted on the portrait. She knows that face. It's a far younger face than the one she'd seen almost every day prior to her coming to Narnia, but she knows it.
"She's-- one of the ones that visited and-- went back, yes?"
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"She's-- one of the ones that visited and-- went back, yes?"