# “Time for you to go to bed” by C.S. Lewis

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**“TO HILA NEWMAN (W):**

_Magdalen College,_
 _Oxford._ _June 3rd 1953_

Dear Hila,

Thank you so much for your lovely letter and pictures. I realised at once that the
coloured one was not a particular scene but a sort of line-up like what you would
have at the very end if it was a play instead of stories.

The _Dawn Treader_ is not to be the last: There are to be 4 more, [7 in all](https://amzn.to/3Ki51Rn).
Didn’t you notice that Aslan said nothing about Eustace not going back? I thought
the best of your pictures was the one of Mr. Tumnus at the bottom of the letter.

As to Aslan’s other name, well I want you to guess. Has there never been anyone 
in this world who:

(1.) Arrived at the same time as Father Christmas.

(2.) Said he was the son of the Great Emperor.

(3.) Gave himself up for someone else’s fault to be jeered at and killed by wicked
people.

(4.) Came to life again.

(5.) Is sometimes spoken of as a Lamb (see the end of the _Dawn Treader_).

Don’t you really know His name in this world? Think it over and let me know your
answer!

Reepicheep in your coloured picture has just the right perky, cheeky expression.

I love real mice. There are lots in my rooms in College but I have never set a trap.

When I sit up late working they poke their heads out from behind the curtains just
as if they were saying, ‘Hi! Time for you to go to bed. We want to come out and 
play.’

All good wishes,

Yours ever,

C.S. Lewis”

–C.S. Lewis, [_The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963_](https://amzn.to/2RjVgok),
ed. Walter Hooper, [vol. 3](https://amzn.to/2RjVgok) (New York: HarperCollins; HarperSanFrancisco,
2004–2007), 3: 334–335.

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