tABLE DOOR   JILL ougo  te rock already but se  forgotten t part of ement of c. No once and ran to it, and arrived t t all of t, o t t. A terrible sig their eyes.

    A Calormene oable door carrying somet  kicked and struggled. As   ace.

    tirian and t to rescue  to tance ace in and s table. tting at  it now.

    Even to keep urned aside,  stop blubbing, I  get my string ,quot; she said.

    quot;are arro; said Poggin suddenly.

    Everyone ducked and pulled

    soon became clear t t being s at. Griffle and  time ting at the Calormenes.

    quot;Keep it up, boys!quot; came Griffles voice. quot;All toget  Darkies any more t Monkeys - or Lions - or Kings. the  Dwarfs.”

    ever else you may say about D brave.  t ao some safe place. to stay and kill as  many of bot rouble by killing one anoted Narnia for their own.

    per taken into account  tection. Also tarkaans voice cried out:  quot;ty of you keep ce rock. t, after  me, t each a lesson.”

    tirian and ill panting from t and tes rest, stood and looked on   range scene by no it gave was now less and  of a darker red.

    As far as one could see, ty except  for t lig make out muc  ting up a good figirian  could arkaan  calling, quot;take all you can alive! take them alive!”

    ever t fig did not last long. t died away.

    tarkaan coming back to table: eleven men followed   away, was never known.)

    quot;to tas; said Risarkaan.

    And o t dark door again, o table and  said:  quot;t offering, Lord tash.”

    And all ts of ted, quot;tasas god tasas; (t quot;tas; now.)

    ttle party by te rock co  one another.

    trickle of er coming doed ones lapped  from ttle pool  of tone. Suc t  it seemed t delicious drink tly  thing else.

    quot;I feel in my bones,quot; said Poggin, quot;t her have  died.”

    quot;It is indeed a grim door,quot; said tirian. quot;It is more like a mouth.”

    quot;O o stop it?quot; said Jill in a shaken voice.

    quot;Nay, fair friend,quot; said Je;It may be for us to Aslans country and onight.”

    Risarkaan turned able and o a place  in front of te rock.

    quot;; ;If to me and put to a cage in tisrocs garden, to tisrocs kennels, and t. But to tas.”

    the only answer was growls.

    quot;Get on, ; said tarkaan. quot;Kill ts, but take two- legged ones alive.”

    And t battle of t King of Narnia began.

    made it  from t from t o Narnia by ones and tending to  be peaceful mercs, and of course t a  t er, after trong and tusks and a unicorn before you are in  reacirian and  friends. Next minute ting for  their lives.

    In a   quite so bad as you mighink.

    o t   t  mucime to feel eitened or sad. tirian kneing furiously on t of t only just sa any of t noo sell his life as  dearly as he could.

    t of it   keep to tion in ed, under te rock. A man  once must take  dart in rokes t you quite a distance from t  ting furto t, nearer to  table.  t. But  no .

    All at once everyte clear. ing tarkaan himself.

    t  of it) raig.   figable, for it  s t  to table on purpose ever  since t began. And will figarkaan as  hard as he could.

    A neo tirians ed forarkaans scimitar, seized  o table, sing:  quot;Come in and meet tash yourself!”

    t.

    tside screamed. quot;tasas; and banged tased tain, tas  any rate, did not   to meet tash.

    For a moment or tirian did not kno dark inside table, as ed. rong lig was why he was blinking.

    urned to look at Risarkaan, but Ris looking at  ed; t , face doirian looked in tion warkaan  ed.

    And tood.

    A terrible figure o oill muc  ures s beak s eyes blazed. A  croaking voice came from its beak.

    quot;t called me into Narnia, Risarkaan.   to say?”

    But tarkaan neited tle: but   nig began to suspect t t be a  real tas of it  him now.

    itooping to pick up a asucked irian errible eyes: for of  course,  look at you straight.

    But immediately, from beasrong and calm as t;Begone, Monster, and take your lao your o Fathe-Sea.”

    ture vanisarkaan still under its arm. And  tirian turned to see who had spoken.

    And ing as it en in any  fight.

    Seven Kings and Queens stood before tering clot tirian boeously and  to speak ared  ,  for   not Jill as  seen  and tears and an old drill dress  come from bat first  s t, and  point. And t t of tace: but he also was changed as Jill was  changed.

    tirian suddenly felt a coming among t and s of a battle still on  moment

    in t state at all.  feast at Cair Paravel. (But in Narnia your good clotable ones. to make t felt beautiful as  iful in Narnia: and tarcic to be found from one end of try to ther.)

    quot;Sire,quot; said Jill coming foriful curtsey, quot;let me  make you knoo Peter the high King over all Kings in Narnia.”

    tirian o ask ers hand.

    quot;; ;You are o me.”

    And th cheeks as a high King  should.

    to t of t even s old, and  t;Sir, t Lady Polly  Day, s talk.quot;   to a man ; ;is t day. And ter, the Queen Lucy.”

    quot;Sir,quot; said tirian, ;If I , t your Majesty ters? here is Queen Susan?”

    quot;My sister Susan,quot; anser sly and gravely, quot;is no longer a  friend of Narnia.”

    quot;Yes,quot; said Eustace, quot;and o get o come and talk  about Narnia or do anyt Narnia, s  all to play when we were  children.“

    quot;O; said Jill. quot;Serested in not nylons  and lipstick and invitations. S too keen on being grown-up.”

    quot;Gro; said t;I ing to be te all t  of rying to stay t age. o race on to t time of  ones life as quick as sop there as long as she can.”

    quot;ell, dont lets talk about t no; said Peter. quot;Look! -trees. Let us taste them.”

    And t time, tirian looked about ure was.