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The Last Battle-第17章

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and ill tell you why。 one of those dreadful midnight meetings had just  broken up the night before last and id gone a bit of the way home when i found id left  my pipe behind。

it was a real good un; an old favourite; so i went back to look for it。  but before i got to the place where id been sitting (it was black as pitch there) i heard a  cats voice say mew and a calormene voice say ‘here 。 。 。 speak softly; so i just stood as  still as if i was frozen。 and these two were ginger and rishda tarkaan as they call him。  ‘noble tarkaan; said the cat in that silky voice of his; ‘i just wanted to know  exactly what we  

both meant today about aslan meaning no more than tash。 ‘doubtless; most  sagacious of cats; says the other; ‘you have perceived my meaning。 ‘you mean; says  ginger; ‘that theres no such person as either。〃 〃all who are enlightened know that;  said the tarkaan。

‘then we can understand one another; purrs the cat。 ‘do you; like me; grow  a little weary of the ape? ‘a stupid; greedy brute; says the other; ‘but we must  use him for the present。 thou and i must provide for all things in secret and make the ape  do our will。 ‘and it would be better; wouldnt it; said ginger; ‘to let some of the  more enlightened narnians into our counsels: one by one as we find them apt。 for the beasts  who really believe in aslan may turn at any moment: and will; if the apes folly  betrays his secret。

but those who care neither for tash nor aslan but have only an eye to their  own profit and such reward as the tisroc may give them when narnia is a calormene  province; will be firm。 ‘excellent cat; said the captain。 ‘but choose which ones  carefully。〃  while the dwarf had been speaking the day seemed to have changed。 it had  been sunny when they sat down。 now puzzle shivered。 jewel shifted his head uneasily。  jill looked up。

〃its clouding over;〃 she said。

〃and its so cold;〃 said puzzle。

〃cold enough; by the lion!〃 said tirian; blowing on his hands。 〃and faugh!  what foul smell is this?”

〃phew!〃 gasped eustace。 〃its like something dead。 is there a dead bird  somewhere about? and why didnt we notice it before?”

with a great upheaval jewel scrambled to his feet and pointed with his  horn。

〃look!〃 he cried。 〃look at it! look; look!”

then all six of them saw; and over all their faces there came an expression  of uttermost dismay。

 。。



CHAPTER EIGHT

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what news the eagle brought   in the shadow of the trees on the far side of the clearing something was  moving。 it was gliding very slowly northward。 at a first glance you might have mistaken it  for smoke; for it was grey and you could see things through it。 but the deathly smell  was not the smell of smoke。 also; this thing kept its shape instead of billowing and  curling as smoke  

would have done。 it was roughly the shape of a man but it had the head of a  bird; some bird of prey with a cruel; curved beak。 it had four arms which it held high  above its head; stretching them out northward as if it wanted to snatch all narnia in its  grip; and its fingers … all twenty of them … were curved like its beak and had long;  pointed; bird…like claws instead of nails。 it floated on the grass instead of walking; and the  grass seemed to wither beneath it。

after one look at it puzzle gave a screaming bray and darted into the  tower。 and jill (who was no coward; as you know) hid her face in her hands to shut out the  sight of it。

the others watched it for perhaps a minute; until it streamed away into the  thicker trees on their right and disappeared。 then the sun came out again; and the birds  once more began to sing。

everyone started breathing properly again and moved。 they had all been  still as statues while it was in sight。

〃what was it?〃 said eustace in a whisper。

〃i have seen it once before;〃 said tirian。 〃but that time it was carved in  stone and overlaid with gold and had solid diamonds for eyes。 it was when i was no  older than thou; and had gone as a guest to the tisrocs court in tashbaan。

he took me into the great temple of tash。 there i saw it; carved above the  altar。”

〃then that … that thing … was tash?〃 said eustace。

but instead of answering him tirian slipped his arm behind jills shoulders  and said; 〃how is it with you; lady?”

〃a…all right;〃 said jill; taking her hands away from her pale face and  trying to smile。 〃im all right。 it only made me feel a little sick for a moment。”

〃it seems; then;〃 said the unicorn; 〃that there is a real tash; after all。”

〃yes;〃 said the dwarf。 〃and this fool of an ape; who didnt believe in  tash; will get more than he bargained for! he called for tash: tash has e。”

〃where has it … he … the thing … gone to?〃 said jill。

〃north into the heart of narnia;〃 said tirian。 〃it has e to dwell among  us。 they have called it and it has e。”

〃ho; ho; ho!〃 chuckled the dwarf; rubbing his hairy hands together。 〃it  will be a surprise for the ape。 people shouldnt call for demons unless they really mean what  they say。”

〃who knows if tash will be visible to the ape?〃 said jewel。

〃where has puzzle got to?〃 said eustace。

they all shouted out puzzles name and jill went round to the other side of  the tower to see if he had gone there。

they were quite tired of looking for him when at last his large grey head  peered cautiously out of the doorway and he said; 〃has it gone away?〃 and when at  last they got him to e out; he was shivering the way a dog shivers before a  thunderstorm。

〃i see now;〃 said puzzle; 〃that i really have been a very bad donkey。 i  ought never to have listened to shift。 i never thought things like this would begin to  happen。”

〃if youd spent less time saying you werent clever and more time trying to  be as clever as you could …〃 began eustace but jill interrupted him。

〃oh leave poor old puzzle alone;〃 she said。 〃it was all a mistake; wasnt  it; puzzle dear?”

and she kissed him on the nose。

though rather shaken by what they had seen; the whole party now sat down  again and went on with their talk。

jewel had little to tell them。 while he was a prisoner he had spent nearly  all his time tied up at the back of the stable; and ha
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