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CHAPTER FIVE THE DEPLORABLE WORD（第1页）

CHAPTERFIVETHEDEPLORABLEWORD

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THEwerefaeanotheracrossthepillarwherethebellhung，stilltrembling，thoughitnaveoutanynote.Suddenlytheyheardasoftheendoftheroomwhichwasstilluurnedquickaslightwas.Oherobedfigures，thefurthest-offoneofall，thewomanwhhtsobeautiful，wasrisingfromitschair.Wheooduptheyrealizedthatshewaseveheyhadthought.Andyoucouldseeatoonlyfromherdrobes，butfromtheflashofhereyesandthecurveofherlips，thatshewasagreatqueen.Shelookedroundtheroomandsawthedamageandsawthe，butyouotguessfromherfacewhatshethoughtofeitherorwhethersherised.Shecameforwardwithlong，swiftstrides.

“Whohasawakedme?Whohasbrokenthespell?”

sheasked.

“Ithinkitmusthavebeenme，”

saidDigory.

“You!”

saidtheQueen，layingherhandonhisshoulder—awhite，beautifulhand，butDigorycouldfeelthatitwasstrongassteelpincers.“You?Butyouareonlyachild，aonyoaglayouhavenodropofroyalornoblebloodinyourveins.Howdidsuchasyoudaretoehishouse?”

“We'veanotherworld;byMagic，”

saidPolly，whothoughtitwashightimetheQueentooksomenoticeofheraswellasofDigory.

“Isthistrue?”

saidtheQueen，stilllookingatDigoryandnotgivingPollyevenaglance.

&is，”

saidhe.

TheQueeherhandunderhisdforceditupsothatshecouldseehisfacebetter.Digorytriedtostarebackbuthesoonhadtolethiseyesdrop.Therewassomethingabouthersthatoverpoweredhim.

Aftershehadstudiedhimforwelloveramigoofhisdsaid:

“Yi.Themarkofitisnotonyou.Youmustbeoofamagi.Itisonanother'sMagicthatyouhavetravelledhere.”

“ItwasmyUndrew，”

saidDigory.

Atthemoment，selfbutfromsomewhereveryclose，therecame，firstarumbling，thenag，andthenaroaroffallingmasonry，andthefloorshreatperilhere，”

saidtheQueen.“Thewholepalaceisbreakingup.Ifwearenotoutofitiesweshallbeburieduheruin.”

Shespokeascalmlyasifshehadbeeioimeofday.“e，”

sheadded，aahahe.Polly，whowasdislikingtheQueehersulky，wouldherhaakenifshecouldhavehelpedit.ButthoughtheQueenspokesocalmly，hermovementswereasquickasthought.BeforePollykehainahandserahahatsheothingaboutit.

“Thisisaterriblewoman，”

thoughtPolly.“She&#htobreakmyarmwitho.Andnowthatshe'sgotmylefthandI'tgetatmyyell.IfItriedtostretchadgetmyrighthandiImightn'tbeabletoreachit，beforesheaskedmewhatIwasdoing.pen'tletherknowabs.IdohopeDigoryhastheseokeephismouthshut.IwishIcouldgetaword

TheQueeoftheHallofImagesintoalongcorridorahroughawholemazeofhallsandstairsandcainandagaisofthegreatpalaceg，sometimesquite.Onceahugearchderingdownoertheyhadpassedthroughit.TheQueenwaswalkingquickly—thehadtotrottokeepupwithherbutsheshowednosignht，“She'swonderfullybrave.Andstrong.She'swhatIcallaQueen!Idohopeshe'sgoihestoryofthisplace.”

&ellthemthialong:“Thatisthedoortothedungeons，”

shewouldsay，or“Thatpassageleadstotheprincipaltorturechambers，”

or“Thiswastheoldbainghallwheremygreatgrandfatherbadesevenhundredoafeastahemallbeforetheyhaddrunktheirfill.Theyhadhadrebelliousthoughts.”

&lastintoahalllargerahaseen.Fromitssizeandfromthegreatdoorsatthefarend，Dightthatnowatlasttheymustbeaihishewasquiteright.Thedoorsweredeadblack，eitherebonyorsomeblackmetalwhiotfoundinourworld.Theywerefastehgreatbars，mostofthemtoohightoreadalltooheavytolift.Hewoheywouldgetout.

TheQueegoofhishandandraisedherarm.Shedrewherselfuptoherfullheightandstid.Thenshesaidsomethingwhichthey'tuand（butitsoundedhorrid）aionasifshewerethrowiowardthedoors.Andthosehighandheavydoorstrembledforasedasiftheyweremadeofsilkandtheilltherewashembutaheapofdustohreshold.

“histledDigory.

“Hasyi，youruncle，powerlikemiheQueen，firmlyseizingDigory'shandagain.“ButIshallkhemeantime，rememberwhatyouhaveseen.Thisisenstothings，andtopeople，whostandinmy>

Muchmhtthaseeninthattryinthroughtheydoorway，aheQueehroughittheywerenotsurprisedtofiheopehatblewintheirfaceswascold，yetsomehowstale.Theywerelhterradtherewasagreatlabelowthem.

Lowdowhehagreat，redsun，farbiggerthanoryfeltatowasalsoolderthanours:asuheendofitslife，wearyoflookingdownuponthatworld.Totheleftofthesun，aherewasasiar，bigandbright.Thoseweretheonlytwothingstobeseeninthedarksky;theymadeadismalgroup.Ah，iion，asfarastheeyecouldreach，therespreadavastwhichtherewasnolivingthingtobeseen.Aemples，toyramids，along，disastrous-lookingshadowsiofthatwitheredsuriverhadflhthecity，butthewaterhadlongsinished，anditideditchofgraydust.

“Lookwellonthatwhioeyeswilleverseeagain，”