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CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE WORLD（第3页）

“Nowy!”

saidseveralsailors.

“YourMajestiesalemenandladiesall，”

saidRyhere'sjustohingIwanttosay.There'snotoneofuschapsasressedonthisjourney.We'revoluhere'ssomeherechatarelookingveryhardatthattableandthinkingaboutking'sfeastswhveryloudaboutadvehedaywesailedfromCairParavel，aheywouldn'tetillwe'dfouheworld.Andthereweresomestandingonthequaywhowouldhavegiveoewithus.Itwasthoughtafihentohavea-boy'sberthoreaderthantht'sbelt.Idon'tknowifyougetthehangofwhatI'msaying.ButwhatImeanisthatIthinkchapswhosetoutlikeuswilllookassillyas—asthoseDufflepuds—ifweeahebeginningoftheworld'sendandhadn'tthehearttogofurther.”

&hesailorscheeredatthisbutsomesaidthatthatwasallverywell.

“Thisisn'tgoingtobemu，”

whisperedEdmundto.“Whatarewetodoifhalfthosefello>

“ianwhisperedback.“I'vestillacardtoplay.”

&yougoingtosayanything，Reep?”

whisperedLucy.

“No.WhyshouldyourMajestyexpectit?”

answeredReepiavoicethatmostpeopleheard.“Myownsplansaremade.WhileI，Isaileastireader.Whenshefailsme，Ipaddleeastinmycorashesinks，Ishallswimeastwithmyfourpaws.AndwhenIolonger，ifIhavenotrea'stry，orsheoftheworldiaract，IshallsinkwithmyhesunriseandPeepiceekwillbeheadofthetalkingmiia.”

“Hear，hear，”

saidasailor，“I'llsaythesame，barriaboutthecoracle，whi'tbearme.”

Headdedinalowervoinotgoidonebyamouse.”

Atthispointjumpedtohisfeet.“Friends，”

hesaid，“Ithinkyouhaveoodourpurpose.Youtalkasifwehadetoyouwithourhatinourhand，beggingforshipmates.Itisn'tlikethatatall.WeandourroyalbrotheraheirkinsmanandSirReepicheep，thegoodknight，andtheLordDrinianhaveaotheworld'sedge.Itisourpleasuretoongsuchofythoseorthyofsohighaerprise.Wehavenotsaidthatanyefortheasking.ThatiswhyweshallnowandtheLordDrinianandMasterRhiosidercarefullywhatmenamohehardestihemostskilledseameinblood，themostloyaltoourpersooflifeaogivetheirousinaschedule.”

Hepausedaoninaquickervoi'smane!”

heexclaimed.“Doyouthinkthattheprivilegeofseeihingsistobeb?Why，everymanthateswithusshallbequeaththetitleofDawoallhisdests，aCairParavelontheheheshallhaveeithergoldorlaomakehimrichallhislife.heisland，allofyou.Inhalfanhour'stimeIshallreceivetheLordDrinianbringsme.”

&herasheepishsileheheirbowsandmovedaway，ohisdiredo，butmostlyisorbualking.

“AndnowfortheLordRhoop，”

said.

Butturningtotheheadofthetablehesawasalreadythere.Hehadarrived，silentandunnoticed，whilethediswasgoingon，aedbesidetheLoz.ThedaughterofRamandustoodbesidehimasifshehadjusthelpedhimintohischair;RamandustoodbehindhimandlaidbothhishandsonRhoop'sgrayhead.EvenindaylightafaithehaherewasasmileonRhoop'shaggardface.HeheldoutoneofhishandstoLudtheotherto.Foramomentitlookedasifheweregoingtosaysomething.Thenhissmilebrightenedasifhewerefeeling）somedelisation，alongsighofenthislips，hisheadfellforward，a.

“PoorRhoop，”

saidLucy.“Iamglad.Hemusthavehadterribletimes.”

“Don'tlet'seventhinkofit，”

saidEustace.

Meanian'sspeech，helpedperhapsbysomemagicoftheisland，washavingjusttheeffetended.Agoodmanywhohadbeenaogetoutofthevoyagefeltquitedifferentlyaboutbeiofit.Andofcoursewheneveranyonesailorahehadmadeuphismindtoaskforpermissiontosail，theoneswhohadn'tsaidthisfeltthattheyweregettingfewerandmoreunfortable.Sothatbeforethehalf-hourwasnearlyoverseveralpeoplewerepositively“sugup”

toDrinianaleastthatwaswhattheycalleditatmyschool）togetagoodreport.Andsoohreeleftwhodidn'twanttogo，ahreeweretryiopersuadeotherstostaywiththem.Alyafterthattherewaso.Andintheyeobeafraidofbeibehindallonhisownandgedhismind.

Attheendofthehalf-hourtheyallcametroopingbacktoAslan'sTableandstoodatoneendwhileDrinianaandsatdoiaheirreport;andacceptedallthemanbutthatonewho'dhadgedhismimoment.HisendhestayedontheIslaarallthetimetheotherswereawaylookingfortheWorld'sEnd，andheverymuchwishedhehadgohem.Hewasn'tthesortofmanwhojoytalkingtoRamanduandRamandu'sdaughter（ohim），anditrainedagooddeal，andthoughtherewasawoheTableeverynight，hedidn'tverymujoyit.Hesaiditgavehimthecreepssittingtherealone（andintherai）withthosefourLordsasleepattheeable.AhersreturofthingsthathedesertedonthevoyagehomeattheLoneIslands，aandlivedineoldwooriesabouthisadveheEndoftheWorld，untilatlasthecametobelievethemhimself.Soyoumaysay，ihelivedhappilyeverafter.Butheeverbearmice.

Thateanddrahegreattablebetweenthepillarswherethefeastwasmagiewed:amtheDawsailowhebirdshadeandgoneagain.

“Lady，”

said，“Ihopetospeakwithyouagainwhehees.”

AndRamandu'sdaughterlookedathimandsmiled.