PRINCE CORIN quot;MY dear sister and very good Lady,quot; said King Edmund, quot;you must now sell you plainly we are in no small danger.”
quot; is it, Edmund asked the Queen.
quot;It is t; said Edmund. quot;I do not t easy to leave tas you ake s. But by t as soon as denial er than prisoners.”
One of tle.
quot;I ies, I ; said Sallo;Easily in but not easily out, as ter said in ter pot!”
quot;I ; continued Edmund. quot;tle used (mores ty) to your long delays and doubtful anso kno it aside-meaning at time to diminis common jests about o be cold. of tening, till veiled under a sesy, in every word he spoke.”
quot;Yes,quot; said tumnus. quot;And as tell ed every stone of it and I lie) told nourned to t meant no good and said, `to tle goatfoot; always provided you leave us in exchange a bride for our prince.“
quot;Do you mean ; exclaimed Susan.
quot;ts my fear, Susan,quot; said Edmund: quot;ife: or slave which is worse.”
quot;But isroc trage?”
quot;Sire,quot; said Peridan to t;t be so mad. Do there are no swords and spears in Narnia?”
quot;Alas,quot; said Edmund. quot;My guess is t tisroc tle land. And little lands on t empire o t empire. o blot t, gobble t o come to Cair Paravel as your lover, sister, it may be t us. Most likely o make one mouth.”
quot;Let ry,quot; said t;At sea o cross.”
quot;true, friend,quot; said Edmund. quot;But is t a sure defence? does Sallowpad say?”
quot;I kno desert ; said t;For I far and ; (you may be sure t Sa pricked up t). quot;And tain; t if tisroc goes by t oasis army across it into Arc days marc too little for t of all ts. But ther way.”
Sa listened more attentively still.
quot; ; said t;must start from tombs of t Kings and ride nort so t t Pire is alraigtle more, o tony valley, imes and never kno it er nor anyt if o a river and can ride by ter all to Archenland.”
quot;And do tern ; asked the Queen.
quot;Friends, friends,quot; said Edmund, quot; asking o save t of ty. For ter ted tisroc a dozen times over, yet long before t day our ts and this prince.”
quot;e ; said t D;And this is a reasonably defensible house.”
quot;As to t,quot; said t;I do not doubt t every one of us e and t come at t over our dead bodies. Yet we ss figrap when alls said.”
quot;Very true,quot; croaked t;t stands in a ories, but noter t fe the house on fire.”
quot;I am t; said Susan, bursting into tears. quot;O Cair Paravel. Our last hose ambassadors came from Calormen.
ting an orchard for us . . . oh . . . oh.”
And she buried her face in her hands and sobbed.
quot;Courage, Su, courage,quot; said Edmund. quot;Remember-but ter er tumnus?quot; For th his hands as if he were
trying to keep o and fro as if he had a pain in his inside.
quot;Dont speak to me, dont speak to me,quot; said tumnus. quot;Im t I can , , do .”
ts puzzled silence and ts fore;ty is o get doo our sores, too- being seen and stopped.”
quot;Yes,quot; said a D;Just as ty about riding is t he has no horse.”
quot;ait, ,quot; said Mr tumnus impatiently. quot;All ext for going doo our soday and taking stuff on board.”
quot;Yes,quot; said King Edmund doubtfully.
quot;ell, t; said t; be if your majesties bade to a great banquet to be omorro?
And let trive pledging o give t she is weakening.”
quot;t; croaked the Raven.
quot;And t; continued tumnus excitedly, quot;everyone us to be going doo tions for our guests. And let some of us go to t terers and tmeat sellers and ts, just as . And let us order magicians and jugglers and dancing girls and flute players, all to be on board tomorro.”
quot;I see, I see,quot; said King Edmund, rubbing his hands.
quot;And t; said tumnus, quot;onig is quite dark-”
quot;Up sails and out oars-!quot; said the King.
quot;And so to sea,quot; cried tumnus, leaping up and beginning to dance.
quot;And our nose Nort; said t Dwarf.
quot;Running for ; said ther.
quot;And t morning and finding ; said Peridan, clapping his hands.
quot;Oer tumnus, dear Master tumnus,quot; said tc;You have saved us all.”
quot;t; said anota heard.
quot;ts t of my fears,quot; said Edmund. quot;I all s galley to send after aken at all.”
quot;Sire,quot; said t;You ster plot t in council for seven days. And nos before eggs. o say, let us all take our food and t once be about our business.”
Everyone arose at tures stood aside for to go out first. Sa o do, but Mr tumnus said, quot;Lie ttle feast to yourself in a fes. to move until o embark.”
Sa laid he room.
quot;tly dreadful,quot; t Sa. It never came into o tell trut up by a ed man like Ars of never telling gro: top rying to do. And t even if t be friendly to ts of Narnia, e Aravis, because so ;I simply dnt tell t Prince Corin no; t Sa. quot;Ive one of t me out of this house alive.
tray to tisroc. turns up, itll all come out, and t; he had, you see, no idea of how noble and free-born people behave.
quot; am I to do? am I to do?quot; saying to ;- goaty little creature again.”
trotted in, ray in its self. t on an inlaid table beside Sas sofa, and sat doy legs crossed.
quot;No; ;Make a good dinner. It meal in tashbaan.”
It er t kno, but Sa did. ters, and salad, and snipe stuffed ruffles, and a complicated diss, and t can be made tle flagon of t of is called quot;; t is really yellow.
a ing, ttle Faun, roke, kept talking to times tle castle forget,quot; said Mr tumnus, quot;t you are promised your first suit of armour and your first o learn o tilt and joust. And in a feer at Cair Paravel. And in time ty of comings and goings betay ival, and t dances of Fauns and Dryads in t of t see Aslan himself!”
old Sa to stay quietly do you any o tle sleep,quot; ;Ill call you in plenty of time to get on board. And th!”
Sa umnus elling ook a different turn. t turn up until it oo late and t aken ao Narnia by s t all of beastle Aravis and Bree ing for tombs. But to ;ell, ?quot; and, quot;Any Aravis too good to go about ; and at time it oiling across t.
all t I expect you ement and t except whe wide open windows. he fell asleep.
s and s - t for several ly porcelain vase o about ty pieces. But iced all t ice ting
t later tas oting astride the room.
Sa not t ordinary times) almost exactly like t t particularly like anyone for black eye you ever saoot torn and dirty, and th blood and mud on his face.
quot;; said the boy in a whisper.
quot;Are you Prince Corin?quot; said Sa.
quot;Yes, of course,quot; said t;But who are you?”
quot;Im nobody, nobody in particular, I mean,quot; said Sa. quot;King Edmund caugreet and mistook me for you. I suppose look like one anot out t in?”
quot;Yes, if youre any good at climbing,quot; said Corin. quot;But o be able to get some fun out of taken for one another.”
quot;No, no,quot; said Sa. quot;e must c once. Itll be simply frigumnus comes back and finds us boto pretend to be you. And youre starting tonigly. And wime?”
quot;A boy in treet made a beastly joke about Queen Susan,quot; said Prince Corin, quot;so I knocked o a . So I knocked til o tc tchey knocked me down.
It ting dark by nocook me along to lock me up some mind if took to a doill t it ime for me to be off so I came out quietly and t boy - tarted all trouble - still . So I knocked er t I climbed up a pipe on to t till it began to get lig Ive been finding my o drink?”
quot;No, I drank it,quot; said Sa. quot;And no a minute to lose. Youd better lie doend-but I forgot. Itll be no good o tell truth, once Im safely away.”
quot; else did you telling t; asked ther angry look.
quot;And who are you?”
quot;time,quot; said Sa in a frantic Ive been broug; alking away?”
quot;Look,quot; said Corin. quot;Drop from to t you must do it ligoes, or someone and you can get up to top of t all as a climber. to to tside, and there you are.”
quot;t; said Sa, o eac they were friends.
quot;Good-bye,quot; said Corin. quot;And good luck. I do safe away.”
quot;Good-bye,quot; said Sa. quot;I say, you ures.”
quot;Noto yours,quot; said t;No;I in Arco my fatell ! I hear someone coming.”