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CHAPTER NINE THE ISLAND OF THE VOICES（第4页）

“Thatitis，Chief，thatitis，”

saidtheothers.“You'thaveputitbetter.”

“Andityhand，”

theChiefVoiued.“Theygetvisiblewhentheyleaveus.”

“Butwhydoyouwahis?”

askedLucy.“Why'toneofyourownpeople?Haven'tyougotanygirls?”

“Wedursen't，wedursen't，”

saidalltheVoices.“We&#oingupstairsagain.”

“Inotherwords，”

said，“ythisladytofaedangerwhichyoudaren'taskyourownsistersaoface!”

“That&#ht，that&#ht，”

saidalltheVoicescheerfully.“You'thavesaiditbetter.Eh，you'vehadsomeedu，youhave.Anyo.”

“Well，ofalltheeous—”

beganEdmund，butLuterrupted.

“WouldIhavetoght，orwoulditdoindaylight?”

“Oh，daylight，daylight，tobesure，”

saidtheChiefVoiotatnight.Noone'saskingyoutodothat.Goupstairsinthedark?Ugh.”

“Allright，then，I'lldoit，”

saidLuo，”

shesaid，turnihers，“don'ttrytostopme.'tyouseeit'sherearedozehere.We'tfightthem.Aherwaythereisace.”

“Butamagi!”

said.

“Iknow，”

saidLucy.“Buthemayn'tbeasbadastheymakeout.Don'tyougettheideathatthesepeoplearenotverybrave?”

“They'relynotveryclever，”

saidEustace.

“Lookhere，Lu，”

saidEdmund.“Wereally'tletyoudoathihis.AskReep，I'msurehe'llsayjustthesame.”

“Butit'stosavemyownlifeaswellasyours，”

saidLu'twaobitswithinvisibleswordsahananyoneelse.”

&yisi，”

saidReepicheep.“Ifwehadanyassuranceofsavile，ourdutywouldbevery-plaiomethatwehaveheservicetheyaskofherisinnowaytrarytoherMajesty'shonour，butanobleandheroicalact.IftheQueen'sheartmoveshertoriskthemagi，Iwillnotspeakagainstit.”

Asnoonehadeverkobeafraidofanything，hecouldsaythiswithoutfeelingatallawkward.Buttheboys，whohadallbeenafraidquiteoften，grewveryred.wassuchobviousseheyhadtogivein.Loudtheinvisiblepeoplewhentheirdewasahelysupportedbyalltheothers）iheNarniaosupperahea'tt，butLucysaid，“I'msurethey'renottreacherous.They'reall，”

ahersagreed.Andso，apaniedbyanenormoushumpings（whichbecamelouderwheheflaggedandegcourtyard）theyallwentbacktothehouse.