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sorcery and sudden vengeanbsp; meanwhile trukin and the two boys arrived at the dark little stonearchway which led into the inside of the mound, and two sentinel badgers (the whitepatches on their cheeks were all ednuld see of the leaped up with bared teeth andasked thein snarling voices, &a;a;a;quot;who goes there?”
&a;a;a;quot;trukin,&a;a;a;quot; said the dwarf. &a;a;a;quing the high king of narnia out of thefar past.”
the badgersthe boys hands. &a;a;a;quot;at last,&a;a;a;quot; they said. &a;a;a;quot;at last.”
&a;a;a;quot;give us a light, friends,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin.
the badgers found a torch just ihe ard peter lit it and handedit to trukin.
&a;a;a;quot;the d.l.f. had better lead,&a;a;a;quot; he said. &a;a;a;quot;we dont know our way about thisplace.”
trukin took the tord went ahead into the dark tunnel. it was ld,black, sty place, with an oasional bat fluttering iorchlight, and plenty of &a;nbsbwebs. the boys, who had been stly in the open air sihat at the railwaystatio as if they were going into a trap or a prison.
&a;a;a;quot;i say, peter,&a;a;a;quot; whispered ednd. &a;a;a;quot;look at those carvings on the walls.dont they look old? a were older than that. when we were last here, they hadntbeen daidtrukin.)
&a;a;a;quot;to speak plainly,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik, &a;a;a;quot;your wallets ety, ys addled,your fish uncaught, your proses broken. stand aside then ahers work. andthat is why -”
&a;a;a;quot;the help will e,&a;a;a;quot; said trufflehunter. &a;a;a;quot;i stand by aslan. have patienbsp; like us beasts. the help will e. it y be even now at the door.”
&a;a;a;quot;pah!&a;a;a;quot; &a;lt;a href=&a;quot; target=&a;quot;_blank&a;quot;&a;gt;９９lib?d nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;you badgers would have us wait till the sky fallsand weall catch larks. i tell you we t wait. food is running short; we losere than weafford at every enter; our followers are slipping away.”
&a;a;a;quot;and why?&a;a;a;quot; asked trufflehunter. &a;a;a;quot;ill tell you why. because it is noisedang thethat we have called on the kings of old and the kings of old have not answered.the last words trukin spoke before he went (a, st likely, to his death)were, `if you st blow the horn, do not let the ar know why you blow it or what youhope froit. but that sa evening everyone seed to know.”
&a;a;a;quot;youd better have shoved yrey snout in a hors , badger, thansuggest that i athe blab,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;take it back, or-”
&a;a;a;quot;oh, stop it, both of you,&a;a;a;quot; said king caspian. &a;a;a;quot;i want to know what it isthat nikabrik keeps on hinting we should do. but before that, i want to know who thosetwers
are whohe has brought into our cil and who stand there with theirears open and their uths shut.”
&a;a;a;quot;they are friends of ne,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;and what better right have youyourself to be here than that you are a friend of trukins and the badgers? and whatright has that old dotard in the black gown to be here except that he is your friend? whyai to be the only one who t bring in his friends?”
&a;a;a;quot;his majesty is the king to whoyou have sworn allegiance,&a;a;a;quot; saidtrufflehuernly.
&a;a;a;quot;court nnersurt nners,&a;a;a;quot; sneered nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;but in this hole we ytalk plainly.
you know - and he knows that this telrine boy will be king of nowhere andnobody in a week unless wehelp hiout of the trap in which he sits.”
&a;a;a;quot;perhaps,&a;a;a;quot; said elius, &a;a;a;quot;your new friends would like to speak fortheelves? you there, who and what are you?”
&a;a;a;quot;worshipful master doctor,&a;a;a;quot; ca a thin, whining voice. &a;a;a;quot;so please you, inbsp; only a poor old won, i a and very obliged to his worshipful dwarfship for hisfriendship, isure. his majesty, bless his handso face, has o be afraid of anold won thats nearly doubled up with the rheutid hasnt two sticks to putunder her kettle.
i have so&a;a;lt;q&a;a;gt;&a;a;lt;/q&a;a;gt; poor little skill - not like yours, master doctor, ourse -in sll spells and trips that id be glad to use against our enees if it wasagreeable to all ed. for i hate e oh yes. no oes better than .”
&a;a;a;quot;that is all st iing and - er - satisfactory,&a;a;a;quot; said doctorct;.99lib.&a;a;lt;/abbr&a;a;gt;nelius. &a;a;a;quot;i think i now know what you are, mada perhaps your other friend, nikabrik, would giveso at of hielf?”
a dull, grey voice at which peters flesh crept replied, &a;a;a;quot;ihunger. inbsp; thirst. where i bite, i hold till i die, and even after death they st y uthfulfro enes body and bury it with . ifast a hundred years and not die. i lie a hundred nights on the id not freeze. idrink a river of blood andnot burst. showyour enees.”
&a;a;a;quot;and it is in the presence of these two that you wish to disclose yourplan?&a;a;a;quot; said caspian.
&a;a;a;quot;yes,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;and by their help that i an to execute it.”
there was a nute or tw which trukin and the boyuld hearcaspian and his two friends speaking in low voices buuld not ke out what theywere saying.
then caspian spoke aloud.
&a;a;a;quot;well, nikabrik,&a;a;a;quot; he said, &a;a;a;quot;we will hear your plan.”
there ause so long that the boys began to wonder if nikabrik wasever going to begin; when he did, it was in a lower voice, as if he hielf did not bsp; like what he was saying.
&a;a;a;quot;all said and done,&a;a;a;quot; he ttered, &a;a;a;quot;none of us knows the truth about thea days in narnia. trukin believed none of the stories. i was ready to put thetothe trial. we tried first the horn and it has failed. if there ever was a high kierand a queen susan and a king ednd and a queen lucy, theher they have not heardus, or they ot e, or they are our enees -”
&a;a;a;quot;or they are on the way,&a;a;a;quot; put in trufflehunter.
&a;a;a;quot;yougo on saying that till miraz has fed us all to his dogs. as i wassaying, we have tried one link in theof old legends, and it has done us no good.well. but when your sword breaks, you draw yger. the stories tell of other powersbeside the a kings and queens. how if wuld call theup?”
&a;a;a;quot;if you an aslan,&a;a;a;quot; said trufflehunter, &a;a;a;quot;its all one calling on hiandon the kings.
they were his servants. if he will not send the(but i ke no doubt hewill), is he re likely to e hielf?”
&a;a;a;quot;no. youre right there,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;aslan and the kings go together.either aslan is dead, or he is not on our side. or else sothing strohan hielfkeeps hiback.
and if he did e - how do we know hed be our friend? he was not always agood friend to dwarfs by all thats told. not even to all beasts. ask thewolves. and anyway, he was in narnia only ohat i ever heard of, and he didnt stay long.you y drop aslan out of the reing. i was thinking of soone else.”
there was no answer, and for a fewwas so still that ednd &a;nbsuld hear the wheezy and snuffling breath of the badger.
&a;a;a;quot;who do you an?&a;a;a;quot; said caspian at last.
&a;a;a;quot;i an a power so ch greater than aslans that it held narnia spellboundfor years and years, if the stories are true.”
&a;a;a;quot;the white witch!&a;a;a;quot; cried three voices all at once, and frothe erguessed that three people had leaped to their feet.
&a;a;a;quot;yes,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik very slowly and distinctly, &a;a;a;quot;i ach. sitdown again. dont all take fright at a na as if you were children. ower: and wewant a power that will be on our side. as for power, do not the stories say that thewitch defeated aslan, and bound hi and killed hion that very stone which is overthere, just beyond the light?”
&a;a;a;quot;but they also say that he ca to life again,&a;a;a;quot; said the badger sharply.
&a;a;a;quot;yes, they say,&a;a;a;quot; answered nikabrik, &a;a;a;quot;but youll notice that we hearprecious little about anything he did afterwards. he just fades out of the story. how do youexplain that, if he really ca to life? isnt it ch re likely that he didnt, and that thestories say nothing re about hibecause there was nothing re to say?”
&a;a;a;quot;he established the kings and queens,&a;a;a;quot; said caspian.
&a;a;a;quot;a king who has just won a great battleusually establish hielfwithout the help of a perf lion,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. there was a fierce growl, probably fronbsp; trufflehunter.
&a;a;a;quot;and anyway,&a;a;a;quot; nikabrik tinued, &a;a;a;quot;what ca of the kings and their reign?they faded too. but its very different with the witch. they say she ruled for ahundred years: a hundred years of wiheres power, if you like. theres sothingpractical.”
&a;a;a;quot;but, heaven ah!&a;a;a;quot; said the king, &a;a;a;quot;havent we always been told thatshe was the worst ene of all? wasnt she a tyrais worse than miraz?”
&a;a;a;quot;perhaps,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik in ld voice. &a;a;a;quot;perhaps she was for you huns,if there were any of you in those days. perhaps she was for so of the beasts. shestaed out the beavers, i dare say; at least there are none of thein narnia now. but shegot on all right with us dwarfs. ia dwarf and i stand byown people. were not afraidof the witch.”
&a;a;a;quot;but youve joined with us,&a;a;a;quot; said trufflehunter.
&a;a;a;quot;yes, and a lot of good it has donepeople, so far,&a;a;a;quot; snapped nikabrik.&a;a;a;quot;who is sent on all the dangerous !, raids? the dwarfs. who goes short wheionsfail? the dwarfs. who -?”
&a;a;a;quot;lies! all lies!&a;a;a;quot; said the badger.
&a;a;a;quot;and so,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik, whose voiow rose to a screa &a;a;a;quot;if you thelppeople, ill go to soone who .”
&a;a;a;quot;is this open treason, dwarf?&a;a;a;quot; asked the king.
&a;a;a;quot;put that sword ba its sheath, caspian,&a;a;a;quot; said nikabrik. &a;a;a;quot;murder atcil, eh? is that ya? dont be fool enough to try it. do you think iafraid ofyou? theres three onside, and three on yours.”
&a;a;a;quot;e on, then,&a;a;a;quot; srufflehunter, but he was iediately interrupted.
&a;a;a;quot;stop, stop, stop,&a;a;a;quot; said doctor elius. &a;a;a;quot;you go on too fast. the witbsp; is dead. all the stories agree on that. what does nikabrik an by calling och?”
that grey and terrible voice which had spoken only once before said, &a;a;a;quot;oh,is she?”
and then the shrill, whining voice began, &a;a;a;quot;oh, bless his heart, his dearlittle majestynd about the white lady - thats what we call her - being dead.the worshipful master doctor is only king ga of a poor old won likewhen he saysthat.
sweet mastery doctor, learned master doctor, who ever heard of a witch thatreally died? youalways get theback.”
&a;a;a;quot;call her up,&a;a;a;quot; said the grey voice. &a;a;a;quot;we are all ready. draw the circle.prepare the blue fire.”
above the steadily increasing growl of the badger and eliuss sharp&a;a;a;quot;what?&a;a;a;quot; rose the voice of king caspian like thunder.
&a;a;a;quot;so that is your plan, nikabrik! black sorcery and the calling up of anaursed ghost.
and i see who your panions are-a hag and a werewolf!”
thenute or so was very fused. there was an anil r, aclash of steel; the boys and trukin rushed ier had a glise of a horrible, grey,gaunt creature, half n and half wolf, in the very act of leaping upon a boy about his ownage, and ednd saw a badger and a dwarf rolling on the floor in a sort of bsp; fight. trukin found hielf face to face with the hag. her nose andstuck out like apair of nut-crackers, her dirty grey hair was flying about her fad she had justgot doctor elius by the throat. at one slash of trukins sword her head rolledon the floor.
then the light was knocked over and it was all swords, teeth, claws, fists,and boots for about sixty seds. then silence.
&a;a;a;quot;are you all right, ed?”
&a;a;a;quot;i - i think so,&a;a;a;quot; panted ednd. &a;a;a;quot;ive got that brute nikabrik, but hesstill alive.”
&a;a;a;quot;weights and water-bottles!&a;a;a;quot; ca an angry voice. &a;a;a;quot;itsyoure sittingo off.
youre like a young elephant.”
&a;a;a;quot;sorry, d.l.f.,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd. &a;a;a;quot;is that better?”
&a;a;a;quot;ow! no!&a;a;a;quot; bellowed trukin. &a;a;a;quot;youre putting yourboot inuth. goaway.&a;a;a;quot;`&a;a;a;quot;is king caspian anywhere?&a;a;a;quot; asked peter.
&a;a;a;quot;ihere,&a;a;a;quot; said a rather faint voice. &a;a;a;quot;sothing bit .”
they all heard the noise of sooriking a tch. it was ednd. thelittle fla showed his face, looking pale and dirty. he blundered about for a little,found the dle (they were no longer using the la, for they had run out of oil), set itoable, and lit
it. when the fla rose clear, several people scraled to their feet. sixfaces bli one another in the dlelight.
&a;a;a;quot;we doo have any enees left,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;theres the hag,dead.&a;a;a;quot; (he turned his eyes quickly away froher.) &a;a;a;quot;and nikabrik, dead too. and i supposethis thing is a werewolf. its so long since ive seen one. wolfs head and ns body.that ans he was just turning fron into wolf at the nt he was killed. and you, isuppose, are king caspian?”
&a;a;a;quot;yes,&a;a;a;quot; said the other boy. &a;a;a;quot;but ive no idea who you are.”
&a;a;a;quot;its the high king, kier,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin.
&a;a;a;quot;your majesty is very wele,&a;a;a;quot; said caspian.
&a;a;a;quot;and so is your majesty,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;i haveo take your plabsp; you know, but to put you into it.&a;a;a;quot; ,&a;a;a;quot;your majesty,&a;a;a;quot; said another voice at peters elbow. he turned and foundhielf face to face with the badger.
peter leaned forward, put his ar round the beast and kissed the furryhead: it wasnt a girlish thing for hito do, because he was the high king.
&a;a;a;quot;best of badgers,&a;a;a;quot; he said. &a;a;a;quot;you never doubted us all through.”
&a;a;a;quot;no credit to , your majesty,&a;a;a;quot; said trufflehunter. &a;a;a;quot;1a beast and wedont ge.
ia badger, whats re, and we hold on.”
&a;a;a;quot;i asorry for nikabrik,&a;a;a;quot; said caspian, &a;a;a;quot;though he hatedfrothe firstnt he saw . he had gone sour inside frolong suffering and hating. if we hadwon quickly he ght have bee a good dwarf in the days of peace. i dont know whibsp; of us killed hi iglad of that.”
&a;a;a;quot;youre bleeding,&a;a;a;quot; said peter.
&a;a;a;quot;yes, ibitten,&a;a;a;quot; said caspian. &a;a;a;quot;it was that - that wolf thing.&a;a;a;quot; ingand bandaging the wound took a long ti, and when it was dorukin said, &a;a;a;quot;now.before everything else we want so breakfast.”
&a;a;a;quot;but not here,&a;a;a;quot; said peter.
&a;a;a;quot;no,&a;a;a;quot; said caspian with a shudder. &a;a;a;quot;and we st send sooo take awaythe bodies.”
&a;a;a;quot;let the vern be flung into a pit,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;but the dwarf we willgive to his people to be buried in their own fashion.”
they breakfasted at last in another of the dark cellars of aslans how. itwas not such a breakfast as they would have chosen, for caspian and elius werethinking of venison pasties, aer and ednd of buttered eggs and hoffee, but whateveryo was a little bit old bear-at (out of the boys pockets), a lu ofhard cheese, an onion, and a g of water. but, frothe way they fell to, anyone wouldhave supposed it was delicious.
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