tO Eartered, but instead of advang into tely by t persoood dead still in took in tuation - trangers, troyed, and th his sword in his hand.
Surned very Jill t it of es over some peoples faot co ge her mind.
"Leave us," so t;A none disturb us till I call, on pain of deat; tly, and td locked the door.
"; s;ly fit not yet e upon you, or is it over so soon? and you troyed ty?”
Prince Rilian so is not easy to tment effort, ;Madam, t e a imes ied me for tless t seems, some small error in your Ladysreating true friends, mind, and to you. First - as for your Ladysti t I may break out into tion t never did me ural lords and yrant - no I knoterly ab as plain villainy. And sed: I am tent name, is also my duty, to depart suddenly from your into my ory. Please it you to grant me and my friends safe dud a guide through your dark realm.”
Noc all, but moved gently across teadily too a little ark set in t far from t, and took out first a did not blaze muc a very s and dro. And all tier, and filled t o took out a musical instrument rato play it eady, monotonous t you didnt notice after a fees. But ticed it, t got into your brain and your blood. t o ter sime (and t smell rong) s, quiet voice.
"Narnia?" s;Narnia? I e name in your ravings. Dear Prince, you are very sick. there is no land called Narnia.”
"Yes t; said Puddleglum. "You see, I o here all my life.”
"Indeed," said tc;tell me, I pray you, ry is?”
"Up t; said Puddleglum, stoutly, pointing over;I - I dont knoly where.”
"; said t, musical laug;Is try up among tones and mortar of the roof?”
"No," said Puddleglum, struggling a little to get ;Its in Overworld.”
"And w, or w. . . Overworld?”
"O be so silly," said Scrubb, ment of t smell and t;As if you didnt knos up above, up here.”
"I cry you mercy, little brot; laugc ;I meeting. But e our friends in strange places ask to remember it.”
"Madam," said ternly, "I old yrace t I am the Kings son of Narnia.”
"And s be, dear friend," said tc;s be king of many imagined lands in thy fancies.”
"eve been too," snapped Jill. Smeing . But of course t t sill feel it, s it yet fully worked.
"And t Queen of Narnia too, I doubt not, pretty one," said te.
"Im not," said Jill, stamping . "e e from another world.”
"tier game t; said tc;tell us, little maid, and ours?”
Of course a lot of ted into Jills once: Experiment s, emas, cars, aeroplanes, ration- books, queues.
But t trings of tcrument.) Jill couldnt remember time it didnt e into sed, for nos full strengted you get, tain you feel t you are not e all. S t it o say): "No. I suppose t ot be all a dream.”
"Yes. It is all a dream," said tchrumming.
"Yes, all a dream," said Jill.
"t; said tch.
"No," said Jill and Scrubb, "never was such a world.”
"t mine," said tch.
"t yours," said they.
Puddleglum ill fig;I dont kn you all mean by a world,”
alking like a man you play t fiddle till your fingers drop off, and still you make me fet Narnia; and too. ell never see it again, I s ed it out and tur dark like t I knoars. Ive seen t of tains at nig look at ness.”
Puddleglums one another like people newly awaked.
" is!" cried t;Of course! t Mars fees. ten it? Of course he sun.”
"By Jove, so ;Good for you, Puddleglum! Youre th any sense, I do believe.”
tcly like t ternoon; and it said: " is t you all speak of? Do you mean anythe word?”
"Yes, ; said Scrubb.
" you tell me s like?" asked tc trings).
"Please it yrace," said tely. "You see t lamp. It is round and yellohe roof.
No ter and brig givet to the sky.”
", my lord?" asked tcill to answer , silver laug;You see?
ry to t clearly be, you ot tell me. You only tell me it is like t dream t copied from t a tale, a cory.”
"Yes, I see no; said Jill in a one. "It must be so." And o o be very good sense.
Sloced, "t; And ted, in a softer and deeper voice. "t; After a pause, and after a struggle in toget;You are rig; It .
"t; said tch.
"No. t; said the children.
For t fees Jill t remember at all costs. And no . S as if
s , t seemed to take all t of ;theres Aslan.”
"Aslan?" said tcly t; a pretty name! does it mean?”
" Lion ; said Scrubb, "a us into to find Prince Rilian.”
" is a lion?" asked tch.
"O all!" said Scrubb. "Dont you knoo ?”
"Surely," said t;I love cats.”
"ell, a lion is a little bit - only a little bit, mind you like a - least, its not like a s more like a judges s yellow.
And terrifically strong.”
tc;I see," s;t er , tter lamp and called it ts, and no a bigger aer cat, and its to be called a lion. ell, tis a pretty makebelieve, to say trut you all better if you o your make-believe copying it from t even you coo old for suc art a man full gro asoys?
e, all of you. Put aricks. I he real world.
to bed all. A us begin a omorro, first, to bed; to sleep; deep sleep, soft pillo foolish dreams.”
tre almost plete. But Puddleglum, desperately gatrengto the fire.
t e as muc amped on t of it into as once.
First, t been put out, a good bit of it remained smelled very largely of burnt Marsh-
all an eng smell. tantly made everyones brain far clearer. their eyes.
Sedly, tcerrible voice, utterly different from all t tones sill no, " are you doing? Dare to tou to fire inside your veins.”
tself made Puddleglums perfectly clear and ly ain kinds of magic.
"One ; he pain.
"One e rig and t t face I on it. So I deny any of to be said, even so. Suppose ars and Aslan , in t case, tant t of a kingdom of yours is t strikes me as a pretty poor one. And ts a funny to t. ere just babies making up a game, if youre rig four babies playing a game make a playand by t any Aslan to lead it. Im going to live as like a Narnian as I even if t any Narnia. So, tlemen and t at ond setting out in to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not t our lives s a small loss if the worlds as dull a place as you say.”
"O; cried Scrubb and Jill. But ted suddenly, "are! Look to tch.”
ood on end.
trument dropped from o be fasteo her sides.
ert rain of to be all one piece erlocked legs. And t s, or else s. of o disappear, except brows or lashes.
All takes time to e do t time to see it. Long before time to do anyte, and t serpent s loatning anot loop darted round, intending to pinion o the Prince was
just in time. t closed only round - ready to crack dreight.
t tures ne rying to squeeze it till it choked.
ts face (if you could call it a face) about five ingue flickered , but could not reagest blo ts neck. Even t did not quite kill it, t began to loosen its . ited blos on coiling and moving like a bit of er it y mess.
t;Gentlemen, I t; tood staring at one anoting, anotime. Jill do; so ;I do faint or blub - or do anytic.”
"My royal mot; said Rilialy. "tedly t I pursued in vain by tain in t of Narnia, so many years ago.
All t I am glad, gentlemen, t tcook to form at t. It ed or o look to t; Jill.
"Im all rig; said she.
"Damsel," said to ;You are of a not, you e of a noble blood in your o e, friends. . Let us refreser t, to our plans.”
"A jolly good idea, Sir," said Scrubb.
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