To-morrow we will return to the city and see what can be done.

We must consult the oracle.' 'But can't we go _now_,' said Lucy, crying.
'No oracle is worth consulting till it's had its night's rest,' said Mr.
Noah.

'It is a three days' journey.

If we started now--see it is already dusk--we should arrive in the middle of the night.

We will start early in the morning.' But early in the morning there was no starting from the castle of the Dwellers by the Sea.