O t last long. Almost at once ty a second before and come from beree, for simply appeared from no t of clothe people in his
dream; and a second glance, t t boy and girl out of t party of seven.
quot;Gos; said t;t took ones breat -”
quot; ied,quot; said t;e can talk, after; turning to tirian, quot;Im sorry we could.”
and ting too quickly, in fact, for tiff and numb t get up again till some life back into his legs by a good rubbing.
quot;I say,quot; said t;It it, nig supper? Nearly a week ago.”
quot;A ; said tirian. quot;My dream led me into your en minutes since.”
quot;Its t times, Pole,quot; said the Boy.
quot;I remember no; said tirian. quot;t too comes in all tales. time of your strange land is different from ours. But if ime, tis time to be gone from h me?”
quot;Of course,quot; said t;Its you o help.”
tirian got to and led table. to go but aim o get to rocky places er so t t. took t an alk. But even so, tirian kept on stealing glances at ures from anottle dizzy: but it also made all tories seem far more real t happen now.
quot;No; said tirian as to ttle valley ; of danger of t; twinkling on every branch, and birds were singing.
quot; about some grub? - I mean for you, Sir, ; said the Boy.
tirian ;grubquot;, but , ood. t about it till t moment. te in t been so muce, for t is a sort of food nobody eats in Narnia. By time en all six sandtom of ttle fountain bubbling out of it. All topped and drank and splas faces.
quot;And no; said tossed ;arent you going to tell us s all about?”
quot;it; said tirian. quot;But keep on t; So o him.
quot;And no; t;I am going to a certain to in my grandsires time to guard Lantern aste against certain perilous outla touals also, tter t. tell me ory.”
quot;Im Eustace Scrubb and t; said t;And in -”
quot;; cried tirian, quot;are you t Eustace and t Jill ?”
quot;Yes, ts us,quot; said Jill. quot;So -”
quot;Nay,quot; said tirian, quot;I am t from wo hundred years.”
Jill made a face. quot;Ug; s;ts t about coming back to Narnia.”
But Eustace on.
quot;ell no Polly all us friends of Narnia together -”
quot;I kno tace,quot; said tirian.
quot;t to talk.”
quot;By t; cried tirian. quot;the Lady Polly!
From till in your place? t! But tell me, tell me.”
quot;S really our aunt, you kno; said Eustace. quot;S us all togetly just for fun, so t alk to about t) but partly because t er t, ain thing up.
t question go just by ing to. So alked and talked and at last t Polly got ts our big too get at t er and Edmund - ts ter, to you - up to London to get into t if anyone did see t o do somet t must have been glorious fun.
And t day Peter sent us a s a sort of message, Sire, Ill explain about it some otime - to say ter t o go back to sc sc ter and Edmund o meet us at a place on to sc o be us to Narnia, you see, because t come again. So into train ts a kind of travel in in our of Polly and Lucy came ed to keep togetrain. And getting to tation us, and I of to see if I could see t frigy tied up to tree.”
quot;So you never used t; said tirian.
quot;No,quot; said Eustace. quot;Never even sa all for us in any Rings.”
quot;But ter ; said tirian.
quot;Yes,quot; said Jill. quot;But t o Narnia again. And to the high King, only longer ago.
You may be sure if hes allowed.”
quot;Gos; said Eustace. quot;Its getting in there, Sire?”
quot;Look,quot; said tirian and pointed. Not many yards atlements rose above tree-tops, and after a minutes more in an open grassy space. A stream ran across it and on tream stood a squat, square to faced them.
tirian looked s to make sure t no enemies oood still for a moment fising-dress on a narro round his neck.
It , for t once t t rooms in palaces, or cs and caskets of s-smelling contained royal treasures. But t into tiff and for a moment tirian began to be afraid t be able to turn it: but at last h a sullen creak.
quot;elcome friends,quot; said tirian. quot;I fear t palace t to s.”
tirian o see t trangers up. t to mention it and t t would be very nice.
As a matter of fact it particularly nice. It her dark and smelled very damp.
t and t rigo tone roof: a aircase in one corner led up to a trap door by on ttlements. to sleep in, and a great many lockers and bundles. t a fire in it for a great many years.
quot;ed better go out and gat t ; said Jill.
quot;Not yet, comrade,quot; said tirian. ermined t t be caug o oed once a year and to make sure t tocked rings rust, and t brigs tter. quot;Look you!quot; said tirian as a long mail s of a curious pattern and flas before the childrens eyes.
quot;ts funny-looking mail, Sire,quot; said Eustace.
quot;Aye, lad,quot; said tirian. quot;No Narnian D. tis mail of Calormen, outlandis a fes of it in readiness, for I never knew when I or
my friends migo isrocs land. And look on tone bottle. In t on our hands and faces, will make us brown as Calormenes.”
quot;O; said Jill. quot;Disguise! I love disguises.”
tirian so pour out a little of to t doo t up to the same himself.
quot;After t; ; change.
Not oil and ase Narnians again. And no Jill, let us go see becomes you. tis sometoo long, yet not so mucless it belonged to a page in train of one of tarkaans.”
After ts t on Calormene s, ting tigo top. tirian took long rolls of some uff out of ts till turbans: but ttle steel spike still stuck up in tace took curved Calormene stle round s enoug raiging knife a pinch.
quot; any skill ; said tirian.
quot;Notalking of,quot; said Jill, blus;Scrubbs not bad.”
quot;Dont you believe ; said Eustace. quot;eve botising arc back from Narnia last time, and s as good as me no t either of us is much.”
tirian gave Jill a bo business o lig to still felt more like a cave t one s t its - and once to look c to pound up some of t o boiling er, , so as to make a kind of porridge. And of course to drink but er.
quot;I of tea,quot; said Jill.
quot;Or a tin of cocoa,quot; said Eustace.
quot;A firkin or so of good ; said tirian.