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CHAPTER NINE THE GREAT MEETING ON STABLE HILL（第2页）

“Pole，”

saidEustatly.

“What?”

saidshe.

“What'llhappekilledhere?”

“Wellwe'llbedead，Isuppose.”

“ButImean，whateninourownworld?Shallandfindourselvesbathattrain?Orshallwejustvanishandneverbeheardofanymore?OrshallwebedeadinEngland?”

“Gosh.Iofthat.”

“It'llberumforPeterahersiftheysawmewavingoutofthewindowahetrainesinwe'reobefound!Oriftheyfoundtwo—Imean，ifwe'redeadland.”

“Ugh!”

saidJill.“Whatahorrididea.”

“Itwouldn'tbehorridforus，”

saidEustace.“Weshouldn'tbethere.”

“Ialmostwish—noIdon't，though，”

saidJill.

“Whatwereyougoingtosay?”

“IwasgoingtosayIwishedwe'dIdon't，Idon't，Idon't.Evenifwearekilled.I'dratherbekilledfightingforNarniathangroidathomeandperhapsgoaboutinabath-dtheheendjustthesame.”

“OrbesmashedupbyBritishRail>

“Whyd'yousaythat?”

&hatawfuljerkcame—theohrowusintoNarnia—Ithoughtitwasthebeginningofarailwayat.SoIwasjollygladtofindourselveshereinstead.”

WhileJillaalkingaboutthis，theothersweredisgtheirplansandbeinglessmiserable.Thatwasbecausetheywerenowthinkingofwhatwastobedoaofeothatallhergloriesandjoyswereover—ushedawayintothebaiheystoppedtalkingitwouldakethemwret:buttheykeptontalking.Poggiecheerfulaboutthenight'sworktheyhadtodo.HewassurethattheBoarandtheBear，andprobablyalltheDogswouldeovertotheirsideatondhe'tbelievethatalltheotherDwarfswouldsticktoGriffle.Andfightiandinandoutamongtreeswouldbeanadvaheweakerside.Aheytoheyreallythrowtheirlivesawaybymeetingthemainyafe>

Whyhewoods，orevenupierhegreatwaterfallalaws?AheymightgraduallygetstrorBeastsandArderswouldbejoiningthemeveryday.Andatlastthey'deoutofhidiheenes（whowouldhavegotcarelessbythen）outofthedNarniawouldberevived.Afterall，somethihathadhappeimeofKingMiraz!

AndTiriahisandthought“ButwhataboutTash?”

aiwasgoingtohappen.Buthedidn'tsayso.

&heygotableHillofcourseeveryohentherealwan.FromthemomentatwhichtheyfirstsawtheHilltothemomentatwhichtheyallarrivedatthebackofthestable，ittookthemovertwohours.It'sthesortofthingone'tdescribeproperlyuepagesait.Thejourofcovertothearateadveherewereverylongwaitsiween，andseveralfalsealarms.IfyoodScuideyouwillkitmusthavebeenlike.Byaboutsuheywereallsafeinaclumpofhollytreesaboutfifteehestable.Theyallmuandlaydown.

&heworstpart，thewaiting.Luckilyforthetheysleptforacoupleofhours，butofcoursetheywokeupwhegrewdokeupverythirstyandwithingadrioalittlewithnervousness，andsaidnothing.ButTirian，withhisheadagainstJewel'sflaassoundlyasifhewereinhisroyalbedatCairParavel，tillthesoundofagoingawokehimaupandsawthattherewasfirelightonthefarsideofthestableahehourhade.

“Kissme，Jewel，”

hesaid.“Forlythisishtoh.AndifeverIoffeyouinaorsmall，fivemenow.”

“DearKing，”

saidtheUni，“Iostwishyouhad，sothatImightfiveit.Farewell.Wehavekogether.IfAslangavememychoiceIwouldootherlifethanthelifeIhavehadahao.”