SA FALLS IN It first Sa could see not a sea of mist ; but as t increased and t cleared ao treams and on tood ty of tas ter lapped against tone, ran rengto rying to count t of t o tisrocs palace and t temple of tas top, ely covered errace above terrace, street above street, zigzag roads or s of steps bordered rees and lemon trees, roofgardens, balconies, deep arctlements, minarets, pinnacles. And t of t silver-plated dome of temple flass lig dazzled.
quot;Get on, Sa,quot; Bree kept saying.
t t first like forest, until you got closer and sae rees. Soon after t, Sa noticed a delicious smell of flo. About fifteen minutes later te he walls.
quot;I say,quot; said Sa in an a;this is a wonderful place!”
quot;I daresay,quot; said Bree. quot;But I at ther side.
Narnia and th!”
At t moment a loill to be s. It so strong and solemn as to be a little frightening.
quot;ts ty gates to be open,quot; said Bree. quot;e se. Noep ry to look less like a princess. try to imagine youve been kicked and cuffed and called names all your life.”
quot;If it comes to t,quot; said Aravis, quot; you drooping your more and arc less and trying to look less like a war-horse?”
quot;; said Bree. quot;here we are.”
And to ter danced brig; ao t nearer t a glimpse ss. Several otravellers ly peasants driving laden donkeys and mules or carrying baskets on the crowd.
quot;Is anyt; o Aravis, who had an odd look on her face.
quot;Os all very ; tas I ougo be riding in on a litter o a feast in tisrocs palace (may sneaking in like ts different for you.”
Sa t all this very silly.
At ty toood open in te o attention and salute me if ter I am.quot; But t t ask any questions. Fortunately t. But one of t out of a peasants basket and t at Sa ;c if your master finds youve been using his saddle-horse for pack work.”
tened s no one a charger.
quot;Its my masters orders, so t; said Sa. But it er if ongue for t nearly knocked ;take t, you young filto teaco talk to freemen.quot; But
to ty being stopped. Sa cried only a very little; o hard knocks.
Inside tes tas at first seem so splendid as it ance. t street ly by ts (on to market) ersellers, smeat sellers, porters, soldiers, beggars, ragged cray dogs, and bare-footed slaves. you he piles of refuse which lay everywhere.
Sa ending to lead but it le nudges urned to t and began going up a steep rees and t side; on t over to round a o t and continued rising. to tre of taso finer streets. Great statues of tly impressive rato look at- rose on sals. Palm trees and pillared arcades cast ss. And te must be nice inside, .
At every turn Sa ting out of t to stop altogeted out quot;ay, arkaanquot;, or quot;for tark;, or quot;for teent;, quot;or for t;, and everyone in t ta imes see t lord or lady for asraffic regulation, o get out of tant; unless you a cut from a wt end of a spear.
It reet very near top of ty (tisrocs palace ) t t disastrous of toppages occurred.
quot;ay! ay! ay!quot; came t;ay for te Barbarian King, t of tisroc (may he Narnian lords.”
Sa tried to get out of to make Bree go back. But no even a talking in bea, pus ;No; And tled he whole crowd
beiffened and packed tig move at all. So entionally, in t roy t reet.
It e unlike any oty t day. t before it sing quot;ay, ; . And tter; everyone . t a of t dressed like men of Calormen. Most of to tunics urbans teel or silver caps, some of t tle raig curved like Calormene scimitars. And instead of being grave and mysterious like most Calormenes, t tted and laugling. You could see t to be friends give a fig for anyone hing so lovely in his life.
But t time to enjoy it for at once a really dreadful ted at Sa, cried out, quot;t; and seized moment a a smack - not a cruel one to make you cry but a so let you knoruant for a w! here have you been?”
Sa ried to make c the fair-haired men were all round him by now and he was held firm.
Of course impulse o say t t aken t ted to do in t croo start explaining ed on t, o any cting tas impulse o look at Bree for Bree ention of letting all t alk, and stood looking just as stupid as a a did not even dare to look at tention.
And time to t once: quot;take one of tle lordsesy, and Ill take ther.
And noers mind ly eased when she sees our young scapegrace safe in our lodging.”
And so, before tas even a co say good-bye to ta found rangers and quite unable to guess a began to see by t spoke to be a king - kept on asking ions; , quot;naug; instead of naughty.
And Sa said not to say t be dangerous.
quot;! All mum?quot; asked t;I must plainly tell you, prince, t tself. to run a. But t hang his head like a Calormene slave.”
t, for Sa felt all time t t kind of grown-up and would o make a good impression on him.
trangers led igreet and doo a all, dark cypress trees, one on eac. Once ta found yard re continually rippling by tain t fell into it. Orange trees gre out of smoote reets seemed suddenly fad aside. After t took one floor felt beautifully cool to feet, and up some stairs. A moment later of a big, airy room no sun came in. t on t sank doo it as if reading in to be full of people; very queer people some of t Sa. But ime to t before t beautiful lady ;O so t t of of mind. It was nauge, very naugo use us so.”
quot;Apparently,quot; t Sa to ;Im being mistaken for a prince of Arc is. And t be t; But ts did not loud.
quot; been, Corin?quot; said till on Sas shoulders.
quot;I- I dont kno; stammered Sa.
quot;t is, Susan,quot; said t;I could get no tale out of rue or false.”
quot;Your Majesties! Queen Susan! King Edmund!quot; said a voice: and urned to look at t of iced out of t came into t t as Sa uped beard and ttle a Faun, tumnus by name, day ime Peter and Susan and Edmund and Lucy had been Kings and Queens of Narnia for several years.
quot;Your Majesties,quot; ;tle ouc know where he is.”
topped scolding Sa and asking ions and under in a golden cup to drink and told to keep very quiet.
Noto Sa in able as t sofa or drinking anyt s. ill o escape and meet t tombs, and none of t able. And perer on, to eat!
Meaneresting. Besides ture he had never seen before) and a very large Raven.
t Calormenes. And soon Sa found aking an interest in tion. quot;No; to Queen Susan (ta). quot; ty fully t settled in your mind whis Prince Rabadash, or no?”
t;No, brot; s;not for all tashbaan.”
(quot;; t Sa. quot;Alter, not married to one anot;)
quot;truly, sister,quot; said t;I saken ell you t at t coming of tisrocs ambassadors into Narnia to treat of ter Cair Paravel, it o me t ever you could find it in your to show him so much favour.”
quot;t ; said Queen Susan, quot;of asake you all to ness s great tournament and ilude y, her face.”
quot;A; croaked t;It is an old saying: see tions.”
quot;ts very true, Sallo; said one of t;And anoth me and youll know me.”
quot;Yes,quot; said t;e is, a most proud, bloody, luxurious, cruel, and selfpleasing tryant.”
quot;t; said Susan, quot;let us leave tashis very day.”
quot;ter,quot; said Edmund. quot;For no open to you all t tesy look to t t be secret.”
Everyone o look very serious. Queen Susan jumped up and ran to her.
quot;O; s; is it? thing dreadful in your face.”