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JILLfeltsomethingticklingherear。ItwasJeweltheUnicorn,whisperingtoherwiththewidewhisperofahorse’smouth。Assoonassheheardwhathewassayingshenoddedandtip-toedbacktowherePuzzlewasstanding。Quicklyandquietlyshecutthelastcordsthatboundthelion-skintohim。Itwouldn’tdoforhimtobecaughtwiththaton,afterwhattheApehadsaid!Shewouldliketohavehiddentheskinsomewhereveryfaraway,butitwastooheavy。Thebestshecoulddowastokickitinamongthethickestbushes。ThenshemadesignstoPuzzletofollowherandtheybothjoinedtheothers.

TheApewasspeakingagain.

“Andafterahorridthinglikethat,Aslan-Tashlan-isangrierthanever。Hesayshe’sbeenagreatdealtoogoodtoyou,comingouteverynighttobelookedat,see!Well,he’snotcomingoutanymore。”

HowlsandmewingsandsquealsandgruntsweretheAnimals’answertothis,butsuddenlyaquitedifferentvoicebrokeinwithaloudlaugh.

“Harkwhatthemonkeysays,”itshouted。“Weknowwhyheisn’tgoingtobringhispreciousAslanout。I’lltellyouwhy:becausehehasn’tgothim。Heneverhadanythingexceptanolddonkeywithalion-skinonitsback。Nowhe’slostthatandhedoesn’tknowwhattodo。”

TiriancouldnotseethefacesontheothersideofthefireverywellbutheguessedthiswasGriffletheChiefDwarf。Andhewasquitecertainofitwhen,asecondlater,alltheDwarfs’voicesjoinedin,singing:“Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo-o-o!”

“Silence!”thunderedRishdaTarkaan。“Silence,childrenofmud!Listentome,youotherNarnians,lestIgivecommandtomywarriorstofalluponyouwiththeedgeofthesword。TheLordShifthasalreadytoldyouofthatwickedAss。Doyouthink,becauseofhimthatthereisnorealTashlaninthestable!Doyou?Beware,beware。”

“No,no,”shoutedmostofthecrowd。ButtheDwarfssaid,“That’sright,Darkie,you’vegotit。Comeon,Monkey,showuswhat’sinthestable,seeingisbelieving。”

Whennexttherewasamoment’squiettheApesaid:“YouDwarfsthinkyou’reveryclever,don’tyou?Butnotsofast。Ineversaidyoucouldn’tseeTashlan。Anyonewholikescanseehim。”

Thewholeassemblybecamesilent。Then,afternearlyaminute,theBearbeganinaslow,puzzledvoice:

“Idon’tquiteunderstandallthis,”itgrumbled,“Ithoughtyousaid-”

“Youthought!”repeatedtheApe。“Asifanyonecouldcallwhatgoesoninyourheadthinking。Listen,youothers。AnyonecanseeTashlan。Buthe’snotcomingout。Youhavetogoinandseehim。”

“Oh,thankyou,thankyou,thankyou,”saiddozensofvoices。“That’swhatwewanted!Wecangoinandseehimfacetoface。Andnowhe’llbekindanditwillallbeasitusedtobe。”AndtheBirdschattered,andtheDogsbarkedexcitedly。Thensuddenly,therewasagreatstirringandanoiseofcreaturesrisingtotheirfeet,andinasecondthewholelotofthemwouldhavebeenrushingforwardandtryingtocrowdintothestabledooralltogether。ButtheApeshouted:

“Getback!Quiet!Notsofast。”

TheBeastsstopped,manyofthemwithonepawintheairmanywithtailswagging,andallofthemwithheadsononeside.

“Ithoughtyousaid,”begantheBear,butShiftinterrupted.

“Anyonecangoin,”hesaid。“But,oneatatime。Who’llgofirst?Hedidn’tsayhewasfeelingverykind。He’sbeenlickinghislipsalotsinceheswallowedupthewickedKingtheothernight。He’sbeengrowlingagooddealthismorning。Iwouldn’tmuchliketogointothatstablemyselftonight。Butjustasyouplease。Who’dliketogoinfirst?Don’tblamemeifheswallowsyouwholeorblastsyouintoacinderwiththemereterrorofhiseyes。That’syouraffair。Nowthen!Who’sfirst?WhataboutoneofyouDwarfs?”

“Dilly,dilly,comeandbekilled!”sneeredGriffle。“Howdoweknowwhatyou’vegotinthere?”

“Ho-ho!”criedtheApe。“Soyou’rebeginningtothinkthere’ssomethingthere,eh?Well,allyouBeastsweremakingnoiseenoughaminuteago。What’sstruckyoualldumb?Who’sgoinginfirst?”

ButtheBeastsallstoodlookingatoneanotherandbeganbackingawayfromthestable。Veryfewtailswerewaggingnow。TheApewaddledtoandfrojeeringatthem。“Ho-ho-ho!”hechuckled。“IthoughtyouwereallsoeagertoseeTashlanfacetoface!Changedyourmind,eh?”

TirianbenthisheadtohearsomethingthatJillwastryingtowhisperinhisear。“Whatdoyouthinkisreallyinsidethestable?”shesaid。“Whoknows?”saidTirian。“TwoCalormeneswithdrawnswords,aslikelyasnot,oneoneachsideofthedoor。”“Youdon’tthink,”saidJill,“itmightbe。。。youknow。。。thathorridthingwesaw?”“Tashhimself?”whisperedTirian。“There’snoknowing。Butcourage,child:weareallbetweenthepawsofthetrueAslan。”

Thenamostsurprisingthinghappened。GingertheCatsaidinacool,clearvoice,notatallasifhewasexcited,“I’llgoin,ifyoulike。”

EverycreatureturnedandfixeditseyesontheCat。“Marktheirsubtleties,Sire,”saidPoggintotheKing。“Thiscursedcatisintheplot,intheverycentreofit。Whateverisinthestablewillnothurthim,I’llbebound。ThenGingerwillcomeoutagainandsaythathehasseensomewonder。”

ButTirianhadnotimetoanswerhim。TheApewascallingtheCattocomeforward。“Ho-ho!”saidtheApe。“Soyou,apertPuss,wouldlookuponhimfacetoface。Comeon,then!I’llopenthedoorforyou。Don’tblamemeifhescaresthewhiskersoffyourface。That’syouraffair。”

AndtheCatgotupandcameoutofitsplaceinthecrowd,walkingprimlyanddaintily,withitstailintheair,notonehaironitssleekcoatoutofplace。ItcameontillithadpassedthefireandwassoclosethatTirian,fromwherehestoodwithhisshoulderagainsttheend-wallofthestable,couldlookrightintoitsface。Itsbiggreeneyesneverblinked。(“Coolasacucumber,”mutteredEustace。“Itknowsithasnothingtofear。”)TheApe,chucklingandmakingfaces,shuttledacrossbesidetheCat:putuphispaw:drewtheboltandopenedthedoor。TirianthoughthecouldheartheCatpurringasitwalkedintothedarkdoorway.

“Aii-aii-aouwee!-”Themosthorriblecaterwaulyoueverheardmadeeveryonejump。Youhavebeenwakenedyourselfbycatsquarrellingormakingloveontheroofinthemiddleofthenight:youknowthesound.

Thiswasworse。TheApewasknockedheadoverheelsbyGingercomingbackoutofthestableattopspeed。Ifyouhadnotknownhewasacat,youmighthavethoughthewasaginger-colouredstreakoflightning。Heshotacrosstheopengrass,backintothecrowd。Noonewantstomeetacatinthatstate。Youcouldseeanimalsgettingoutofhiswaytoleftandright。Hedashedupatree,whiskedaround,andhungheaddownwards。Histailwasbristledouttillitwasnearlyasthickashiswholebody:hiseyeswerelikesaucersofgreenfire:alonghisbackeverysinglehairstoodonend.

“I’dgivemybeard,”whisperedPoggin,“toknowwhetherthatbruteisonlyactingorwhetherithasreallyfoundsomethingintherethatfrightenedit!”

“Peace,friend,”saidTirian,fortheCaptainandtheApewerealsowhisperingandhewantedtohearwhattheysaid。Hedidnotsucceed,exceptthatheheardtheApeoncemorewhimpering“Myhead,myhead,”buthegottheideathatthosetwowerealmostaspuzzledbythecat’sbehaviourashimself.

“Now,Ginger,”saidtheCaptain。“Enoughofthatnoise。Tellthemwhatthouhastseen。”

“Aii-Aii-Aaow-Awah,”screamedtheCat.

“ArtthounotcalledaTalkingBeast?”saidtheCaptain。“Thenholdthydevilishnoiseandtalk。”

Whatfollowedwasratherhorrible。Tirianfeltquitecertain(andsodidtheothers)thattheCatwastryingtosaysomething:butnothingcameoutofhismouthexcepttheordinary,uglycat-noisesyoumighthearfromanyangryorfrightenedoldTominabackyardinEngland。AndthelongerhecaterwauledthelesslikeaTalkingBeasthelooked。UneasywhimperingsandlittlesharpsquealsbrokeoutfromamongtheotherAnimals.

“Look,look!”saidthevoiceoftheBear。“Itcan’ttalk。Ithasforgottenhowtotalk!Ithasgonebacktobeingadumbbeast。Lookatitsface。”Everyonesawthatitwastrue。AndthenthegreatestterrorofallfelluponthoseNarnians。Foreveryoneofthemhadbeentaught-whenonlyachickorapuppyoracub-howAslanatthebeginningoftheworldhadturnedthebeastsofNarniaintoTalkingBeastsandwarnedthemthatiftheyweren’tgoodtheymightonedaybeturnedbackagainandbelikethepoorwitlessanimalsonemeetsinothercountries。“Andnowitiscominguponus,”theymoaned.

“Mercy!Mercy!”wailedtheBeasts。“Spareus,LordShift,standbetweenusandAslan,youmustalwaysgoinandspeaktohimforus。Wedaren’t,wedaren’t。”

Gingerdisappearedfurtherupintothetree。Nooneeversawhimagain.

Tirianstoodwithhishandonhissword-hiltandhisheadbowed。Hewasdazedwiththehorrorsofthatnight。SometimeshethoughtitwouldbebesttodrawhisswordatonceandrushupontheCalormenes:thennextmomenthethoughtitwouldbebettertowaitandseewhatnewturnaffairsmighttake。Andnowanewturncame.

“MyFather,”cameaclear,ringingvoicefromtheleftofthecrowd。TirianknewatoncethatitwasoneoftheCalormenesspeaking,forinTheTisroc’sarmythecommonsoldierscalltheofficers“MyMaster”buttheofficerscalltheirseniorofficers“MyFather”。JillandEustacedidn’tknowthisbut,afterlookingthiswayandthat,theysawthespeaker,forofcoursepeopleatthesidesofthecrowdwereeasiertoseethanpeopleinthemiddlewheretheglareofthefiremadeallbeyonditlookratherblack。Hewasyoungandtallandslender,andevenratherbeautifulinthedark,haughty,Calormeneway.

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