t made Scrubb look so dingy (and Jill too, if ster describe t once.
t in tains tering in t, rose a many-tourreted castle; t beautiful castle Jill e marble and, moored to tall sle and flag at t- as silver, along to t of it, just ready to go on board, stood an old, old man. le of scarlet o s. t of gold on e as o . ood straig you could see ery.
Immediately in front of turned round to speak to tle co it, a little donkey: not mucriever. In t a fat little ding e different: it made tle bundle of fur and silk and velvet. more y, remely large, sic billiard ball in t light.
Fartood once kneo be tiers. t for t , t ; one in every five hings you never see in our world.
Fauns, satyrs, centaurs: Jill could give a name to tures of them.
Doo. And t of animals s t from tance, stood on t quite apart from t, t. You could see by t talk and t as well as you could.
quot;Golly!quot; t Jill. quot;So its true after all.quot; But next moment s;I ; For s noticed, on tskirts of ts and some people o at all.
At t moment Aslan and to ten all about t half-hour.
quot;Scrubb!quot; s;Scrubb, quick! Do you see anyone you know?”
quot;So youve turned up again, ; said Scrubb disagreeably (for , cant you? I to listen.”
quot;Dont be a fool,quot; said Jill. quot;t a moment to lose. Dont you see some old friend to go and speak to once.”
quot; are you talking about?quot; said Scrubb.
quot;Its Aslan - t to,quot; said Jill despairingly. quot;Ive seen him.”
quot;O did he say?”
quot; person you sa to speak to once.”
quot;ell, t know whis is Narnia.”
quot;t you said youd been ; said Jill.
quot;ell, you t hen.”
quot;ell, I like t! You told me -”
quot;For s theyre saying.”
to t Jill couldnt , t deal. t: but sand very little of people and places sooped doraig , sloeps, up tiers appeared to be greatly moved by ure. out, sounds of sobbing were ion.
t off, trumpets sounded from t o, but Jill didnt see t.)
quot;No; said Scrubb, but get any fart t moment a large - Jill t for a second t it e - came gliding ted at . It so big t it stood as high as a good-sized dwarf.
It blinked and peered as if it s tle on one side, and said in a soft, ing kind of voice: quot;tu-wu-wwo?”
quot;My names Scrubb, and t; said Eustace. quot;ould you mind telling us where we are?”
quot;In t tle of Cair Paravel.”
quot;Is t t taken ship?”
quot;too true, too true,quot; said ts big ;But nobody kne me. I o notice you, you flew.”
quot;e ; said Eustace in a low voice.
quot;tu- its feat;t too muc quite myself till the suns down.”
quot;And to find t Prince,quot; said Jill, o get into tion.
quot;Its t Ive it,quot; said Eustace. quot; prince?”
quot;You ter come and speak to t at once,quot; it said. quot;ts rumpkin t; turned and began leading ttering to itself, quot;u-o-do! I cant t. Its too early.”
quot; is t; asked Eustace.
quot;Caspian tent; said t in urned an extraordinary colour. S s anyt before sime to ask any questions t gato drive back to tle. tiers ion, by ones and ttle knots, like people coming aching a game or a race.
quot;tu-; said tooping dotle and s beak near the Dwarfs ear.
quot;s t?quot; said the Dwarf.
quot;trangers, my lord,quot; said the Owl.
quot;Rangers! dye mean?quot; said t;I see two uncommonly grubby man-cubs.
do t?”
quot;My names Jill,quot; said Jill, pressing forant business on whey had come.
quot;t; said t could.
quot;s t?quot; said t;t believe a . girls? ho killed em?”
quot;Only one girl, my lord,quot; said t;her name is Jill.”
quot;Speak up, speak up,quot; said t;Dont stand ttering in my ear. hos been killed?”
quot;Nobodys been killed,quot; ed the Owl.
quot;ho?”
quot;NOBODY.”
quot;All rig. You neednt s. Im not so deaf as all t. do you mean by coming o tell me t nobodys been killed? hy should anyone have been killed?”
quot;Better tell ace,quot; said Scrubb.
quot;tace, my lord,quot; ed t could.
quot;Useless?quot; said tably. quot;I dare say any reason for bringing o court? hey?”
quot;Not useless,quot; said t;EUStACE.”
quot;Used to it, is knoalking about, Im sure. I tell you is, Master Glimfeato be talking beasts and birds in try all ttering and olerated for a moment. Not for a moment, Sir. Urnus, my trumpet please -”
A little Faun ly beside time no. It rument called a serpent, so t tube curled rigting it settled to t;My brains a bit clearer no say anyt t Prince. Ill explain later. It do, do, tu- a to-do!”
quot;No; said t;if you o say, Master Glimfeatry and say it. take a deep breat attempt to speak too quickly.”
ite of a fit of coug of t trangers by Aslan to visit t of Narnia. t th a new expression in his eyes.
quot;Sent by t; ;And from mm - from t othe worlds end, hey?”
quot;Yes, my lord,quot; baace into trumpet.
quot;Son of Adam and Daug; said t people at Experiment ace couldnt ans t seem to notice.
quot;ell, my dears,quot; aking first one and ttle. quot;You are very ily er, t sail for Seven Isles, . And no is ime for supper. You sell me your business in full council tomorrow morning.
Master Glimfeat bedcable clots in t her - in your ear -”
o t, intended to a very good judge of ;See t theyre properly washed.”
After t, touc set off tole at sometrot and a little beast), and the air was growing cool.
t across to te of Cair Paravel, yard. Lig and from a more complicated mass of buildings straigo t deligo look after Jill. S mucaller t obviously full groo be moss in it. S Jill to a round room in one of turrets, -smelling ed roof. t into trange land of Narnia, and Jill sa still glo mountains. It made ures and feel sure t the beginning.
on t for not only felt nice, but looked nice and smelled nice and made nice sounds of t exciting serrupted by a bang on the door.
quot;Come in,quot; said Jill. And in came Scrubb, also bat look as if .
quot;O last,quot; o a c;Ive been trying to find you for ever so long.”
quot;ell, no;I say, Scrubb, isnt it all simply too exciting and scrumptious for ; Sten all about t Prince for t.
quot;Os ?quot; said Scrubb: and ter a pause, quot;I wiso goodness wed never come.”
quot;h?”
quot;I cant bear it,quot; said Scrubb. quot;Seeing t.
Its - its frightful.”
quot; do you?”
quot;O understand. No I come to t, you couldnt. I didnt tell you t t time from ours.”
quot;how do you mean?”
quot;time you spend take up any of our time. Do you see? I mean, ill get back to Experiment t it -”
quot;t be much fun.”
quot;O keep interrupting. And ell ime is going mig all to me, but, like a fool, I forgot about it. And noly its been about seventy years Narnian years - since I was . Do you see now? And I come back and find Caspian an old, old man.”
quot;t; said Jill. A ruck her.
quot;I s; said Scrubb miserably. quot;About as good a friend as a c time o see t old man e beard, and to remember Caspian as ured t - os frigs han coming back and finding him dead.”
quot;O up,quot; said Jill impatiently. quot;Its far Sign.quot; Of course Scrubb did not understand told ion ask of finding t prince whem.
quot;So you see,quot; s;you did see an old friend, just as Aslan said, and you ougo o once. And nohe very beginning.”
quot;But o kno; said Scrubb.
quot;If youd only listened to me o tell you, wed be all rig; said Jill.
quot;Yes, and if you played t cliff and jolly nearly murdered me - all rig again as often as I like, so keep your oget to do.”
quot;I suppose person you sa; said Jill. quot;You must see anyone else first?”
quot;I e before you,quot; said Scrubb. quot; time: time you lost.”
quot;Dont be a perfect beast, Scrubb,quot; said Jill. quot;s t?”
It le bell ringing for supper, and t looked like turning into a first-rate quarrel ite by time.
Supper in t le splendid tace sea and kneesy of t heir own land.
trumpeters and kettledrums. t er to t and nuts, and all manner of drinks. Even Eustace cted t it ;somet;. And came forruck up tale of Prince Cor and Aravis and tells of an adventure t er ime to tell it no is h hearing.)
airs to bed, ya;I bet onig;; for it stle anyone knoo o t.