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THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER-第9章

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 of narnia whom my uncle miraz  sent to sea and whom i have e out to look for … argoz; bern; octesian; restimar;  mavramorn; or … or … i have forgotten the others。 and finally; if your lordship will give  me a sword i will prove on any mans body in clean battle that i am caspian the son of  caspian; lawful king of narnia; lord of cair paravel; and emperor of the lone islands。”

〃by heaven;〃 exclaimed the man; 〃it is his fathers very voice and trick of  speech。 my liege … your majesty …〃 and there in the field he knelt and kissed the  kings hand。

〃the moneys your lordship disbursed for our person will be made good from  our own treasury;〃 said caspian。

〃theyre not in pugs purse yet; sire;〃 said the lord bern; for he it was。  〃and never will be; i trust。 i have moved his sufficiency the governor a hundred times to  crush this vile traffic in mans flesh。”

〃my lord bern;〃 said caspian; 〃we must talk of the state of these islands。  but first what is your lordships own story?”

〃short enough; sire;〃 said bern。 〃i came thus far with my six fellows;  loved a girl of the islands; and felt i had had enough of the sea。 and there was no purpose in  returning to narnia while your majestys uncle held the reins。 so i married and have  lived here ever since。”

〃and what is this governor; this gumpas; like? does he still acknowledge  the king of narnia for his lord?”

〃in words; yes。 all is done in the kings name。 but he would not be best  pleased to find a real; live king of narnia ing in upon him。 and if your majesty came  before him alone and unarmed … well he would not deny his allegiance; but he would  pretend to disbelieve you。 your graces life would be in danger。 what following has  your majesty in these waters?”

〃there is my ship just rounding the point;〃 said caspian。 〃we are about  thirty swords if it came to fighting。 shall we not have my ship in and fall upon pug and free  my friends whom he holds captive?”

〃not by my counsel;〃 said bern。 〃as soon as there was a fight two or three  ships would put out from narrowhaven to rescue pug。 your majesty must work by a show of  more power than you really have; and by the terror of the kings name。 it must  not e to plain battle。 gumpas is a chicken…hearted man and can be over…awed。”

after a little more conversation caspian and bern walked down to the coast  a little west of the village and there caspian winded his horn。 (this was not the great  magic horn of narnia; queen susans horn: he had left that at home for his regent  trumpkin to use if any great need fell upon the land in the kings absence。) drinian; who was  on the look…out for a signal; recognized the royal horn at once and the dawn treader  began standing in to shore。 then the boat put off again and in a few moments caspian and  the lord bern were on deck explaining the situation to drinian。 he; just like caspian;  wanted to lay the dawn treader alongside the slave…ship at once and board her; but bern made  the same objection。

〃steer straight down this channel; captain;〃 said bern; 〃and then round to  avra where my own estates are。 but first run up the kings banner; hang out all the  shields; and send as many men to the fighting top as you can。 and about five bowshots hence;  when you get open sea on your port bow; run up a few signals。”

〃signals? to whom?〃 said drinian。

〃why; to all the other ships we havent got but which it might be well that  gumpas thinks we have。”

〃oh; i see;〃 said drinian rubbing his hands。 〃and  theyll read our signals。 what shall i say? whole fleet round the south of  avra and assemble at …?”

〃bernstead;〃 said the lord bern。 〃thatll do excellently。 their whole  journey … if there were any ships what caspian did there would be out of sight from  narrowhaven。”

caspian was sorry for the others languishing in the hold of pugs slave… ship; but he could not help finding the rest of that day enjoyable。 late in the afternoon (for  they had to do all by oar); having turned to starboard round the northeast end of doorn  and port again  

round the point of avra; they entered into a good harbour on avras  southern shore where berns pleasant lands sloped down to the waters edge。 berns people; many  of whom they saw working in the fields; were all freemen and it was a happy and  prosperous fief。 here they all went ashore and were royally feasted in a low; pillared house  overlooking the bay。 bern and his gracious wife and merry daughters made them good cheer。  but after dark bern sent a messenger over by boat to doorn to order some preparations  (he did not say exactly what) for the following day。

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CHAPTER FOUR


what caspian did there  nert morning the lord bern called his guests early; and after breakfast he  asked caspian to order every man he had into full armour。 〃and above all;〃 he added; 〃let  everything be as trim and scoured as if it were the morning of the first battle in a  great war between noble kings with all the world looking on。〃 this was done; and then in  three boatloads caspian and his people; and bern with a few of his; put out for  narrowhaven。 the kings flag flew in the stern of his boat and his trumpeter was with him。

when they reached the jetty at narrowhaven; caspian found a considerable  crowd assembled to meet them。 〃this is what i sent word about last night;〃 said  bern。 〃they are all friends of mine and honest people。〃 and as soon as caspian stepped  ashore the crowd broke out into hurrahs and shouts of; 〃narnia! narnia! long live the king。〃  at the same moment … and this was also due to berns messengers … bells began ringing  from many parts of the town。 then caspian caused his banner to be advanced and his  trumpet to be blown and every man drew his sword and set his face into a joyful  sternness; and they marched up the street so that the street shook; and their armour shone (for  it was a sunny morning) so that one could hardly look at it steadily。

at first the only people who cheered were those who had been warned by  berns messenger and knew what was happening and wanted it to happen。 but then all  the children joined in because they liked a procession and had seen very few。  and then all the schoolboys jo
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