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the last battle_c·s·刘易斯-第章

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en more  deeply than the others。 she had been too happy to speak。 he wanted to hear her speak  again; so he said:  〃of your courtesy; madam; tell on。 tell me your whole adventure。鈥

〃after the shock and the noise;〃 said lucy; 〃we found ourselves here。 and  we wondered at the door; as you did。 then the door opened for the first time (we saw  darkness through the doorway when it did) and there came through a big man with a naked  sword。 we saw by his arms that he was a calormene。 he took his stand beside the door with  his sword raised; resting on his shoulder; ready to cut down anyone who came through。  we went to him and spoke to him; but we thought he could neither see nor hear us。 and  he never looked round on the sky and the sunlight and the grass: i think he couldnt  see them either。 so then we waited a long time。 then we heard the bolt being drawn  on the other side of the door。 but the man didnt get ready to strike with his sword  till he could see who was ing in。 so we supposed he had been told to strike some and spare  others。

but at the very moment when the door opened; all of a sudden tash was  there; on this side of the door; none of us saw where he came from。 and through the door  there came a big cat。 it gave one look at tash and ran for its life: just in time; for  he pounced at it and the door hit his beak as it was shut。 the man could see tash。 he turned  very pale and bowed down before the monster: but it vanished away。

〃then we waited a long time again。 at last the door opened for the third  time and there came in a young calormene。 i liked him。 the sentinel at the door started;  and looked very surprised; when he saw him。 i think hed been expecting someone quite  different …鈥

〃i see it all now;〃 said eustace (he had the bad habit of interrupting  stories)。 〃the cat was to go in first and the sentry had orders to do him no harm。 then the cat  was to e out and say hed seen their beastly tashlan and pretend to be frightened so as  to scare the other animals。 but what shift never guessed was that the real tash would  turn up; so ginger came out really frightened。 and after that; shift would send in  anyone he wanted to get rid of and the sentry would kill them。

and …鈥

〃friend;〃 said tirian softly; 〃you hinder the lady in her tale。鈥

〃well;〃 said lucy; 〃the sentry was surprised。 that gave the other man just  time to get on guard。 they had a fight。 he killed the sentry and flung him outside the  door。 then he came walking slowly forward to where we were。 he could see us; and  everything else。

we tried to talk to him but he was rather like a man in a trance。 he kept  on saying tash; tash; where is tash? i go to tash。 so we gave it up and he went away  somewhere … over there。 i liked him。 and after that 。。。 ugh!〃 lucy made a face。

〃after that;〃 said edmund; 〃someone flung a monkey through the door。 and  tash was there again。 my sister is so tender…hearted she doesnt like to tell you  that tash made one peck and the monkey was gone!鈥

〃serve him right!〃 said eustace。 〃all the same; i hope hell disagree with  tash too。鈥

〃and after that;〃 said edmund; 〃came about a dozen dwarfs: and then jill;  and eustace; and last of all yourself。鈥

〃i hope tash ate the dwarfs too;〃 said eustace。 〃little swine。鈥

〃no; he didnt;〃 said lucy。 〃and dont be horrid。 theryre still here。 in  fact you can see them from here。 and ive tried and tried to make friends with them but its  no use。鈥

〃friends with them!〃 cried eustace。 〃if you knew how those dwarfs have been behaving!鈥

〃oh stop it; eustace;〃 said lucy。 〃do e and see them。 king tirian;  perhaps you could do something with them。鈥

〃i can feel no great love for dwarfs today;〃 said tirian。 〃yet at your  asking; lady; i would do a greater thing than this。鈥

lucy led the way and soon they could all see the dwarfs。 they had a very  odd look。 they werent strolling about or enjoying themselves (although the cords with  which they had been tied seemed to have vanished) nor were they lying down and having a  rest。 they were sitting very close together in a little circle facing one another。  they never looked round or took any notice of the humans till lucy and tirian were almost  near enough to touch them。 then the dwarfs all cocked their heads as if they couldnt see  anyone but were listening hard and trying to guess by the sound what was happening。

〃look out!〃 said one of them in a surly voice。 〃mind where youre going。  dont walk into our faces!鈥

〃all right!〃 said eustace indignantly。 〃were not blind。 weve got eyes in  our heads。鈥

〃they must be darn good ones if you can see in here;〃 said the same dwarf  whose name was diggle。

〃in where?〃 asked edmund。

〃why you bone…head; in here of course;〃 said diggle。 〃in this pitch…black;  poky; smelly little hole of a stable。鈥

〃are you blind?〃 said tirian。

〃aint we all blind in the dark!〃 said diggle。

〃but it isnt dark; you poor stupid dwarfs;〃 said lucy。 〃cant you see?  look up! look round! cant you see the sky and the trees and the flowers? cant you see  me?鈥

〃how in the name of all humbug can i see what aint there? and how can i  see you any more than you can see me in this pitch darkness?鈥

〃but i can see you;〃 said lucy。 〃ill prove i can see you。 youve got a  pipe in your mouth。鈥

〃anyone that knows the smell of baccy could tell that;〃 said diggle。

〃oh the poor things! this is dreadful;〃 said lucy。 then she had an idea。  she stopped and picked some wild violets。 〃listen; dwarf;〃 she said。 〃even if your eyes are  wrong; perhaps your nose is all right: can you smell that?〃 she leaned across and  held the fresh; damp flowers to diggles ugly nose。 but she had to jump back quickly in  order to avoid a blow from his hard little fist。

〃none of that!〃 he shouted。 〃how dare you! what do you mean by shoving a  lot of filthy stable…litter in my face? there was a thistle in it too。 its like your  sauce! and who are you anyway?鈥

〃earth…man;〃 said tirian; 〃she is the queen lucy; sent hither by aslan out  of the deep past。 and it is for her sake alone that i; tirian your lawful king; do not  cut all your heads from your shoulders; proved and twice…proved traitors that you are。鈥

〃well if that doesnt beat everything!〃 exclaimed diggle。 〃how can you go  on talking all that rot? your wonderful lion didnt e and help you; did he? thought  not。 and now … even now … when youve been beaten and shoved into this black hole; just  the same as the rest of us; youre still at your old game。 starting a new lie! trying to  make us believe were none of us shut up; and it aint dark; and heaven knows what。鈥

〃there is no black hole; save in your own fancy; fool;〃 cried tirian。 〃e  out of it。鈥

and; leaning forward; he caught diggle by the belt and the hood and swung  him right out of the circle of dwarfs。 but the moment tirian put him down; diggle darted  back to his place among the others; rubbing his nose and howling:  〃ow! ow! what dyou do that for! banging my face against the wall。 youve  nearly broken my nose。鈥

〃oh dear!〃 said lucy; 〃what are we to do for them?鈥

〃let em alone;〃 said eustace: but as he spoke the earth trembled。 the  sweet air
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