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CHAPTER THREE THE LONE ISLANDS（第2页）

Doomhem，dividedfromFelimathbyaelaboutamilewide;behinditalayAvra.ThelittlewhitetownofNarrowhavenonDoornwaseasilyseen.

“Hullo!What'sthis?”

saidEdmundsuddenly.

Inthegreeowhichtheyweredesgsixh-lookingmen，allarmed，weresittingbyatree.

“Don'ttellthemwhoweare，”

said.

“Andpray，yourMajesty，whynot?”

saidReepicheepwhohadtedtorideonLucy'sshoulder.

“Itjustoe，”

replied，“thatnooneherehaveheardfromNarniaftime.It'sjustpossibletheymaynotstillaowledgeourover-lordship.InwhichcaseitmightesafetobeknownastheKing.”

“Wehaveourswords，Sire，”

saidReepicheep.

“Yes，Reep，Iknowwehave，”

said.“Butifitisaquestionofre-gthethreeislands，I'dprefertoebackwitharatherlargerarmy.”

Bythistimetheywerequitecloseters，oneofwhom—abigblack-hairedfellow—shoutedout，“Agtoyou.”

“Andagtoyou，”

said.“IstherestillaGovernoroftheLoneIslands?”

“Tobesurethereis，”

saidtheman，“Gumpas.HisSuffiarrowhaven.Butyou'llstayanddrinkwithus.”

thahoughheothersmuchlikedthelookoftheirnewadallofthemsatdown.Buthardlyhadtheyraisedtheircupstotheirlipswhentheblack-hairedmaohispanionsand，asquickaslightning，allthefivevisitorsfoundthemselvesedinstrongarms.Therewasamoment&#lebutalltheadvantageswereononeside，andsooneveryonewasdisarmedandhadtheirhandstiedbehindtheirbacksexceptReepicheep，writhinginhiscaptripandbitingfuriously.

&hthatbeast，Tacks，”

saidtheLeader.“Don'tdamagehim.He'llfetchthebestpriceofthelot，Ishouldn'twonder.”

“Cooltroon!”

squeakedReepicheep.“Givememyswordandfreemypawsifyoudare.”

“histledtheslavemert（forthatiswhathewas）.“Ittalk!WellIneverdid.BlowedifItakelessthantwohusforhim.”

Thee，whichistheis，isworthaboutathirdofapound.

“Sothat'swhatyouare，”

said.“Akidnapperandslaver.Ihopeyou'reproudofit.”

“No，now，”

saidtheslaver.“Don'tyoustartanyjaw.Theeasieryoutakeit，thepleasanterallround，see?Idon'tdothisforfun.I'vegotmylivingtomakesameasanyoneelse.”

“Wherewillyoutakeus?”

askedLugthewordsoutwithsomedifficulty.

&oNarrowhaven，”

saidtheslaver.“Formarketdaytomorrow.”

“IsthereaBritishsulthere?”

askedEustace.

“Isthereawhich?”

saidtheman.