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CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE HIGH KING IN COMMAND（第1页）

CHAPTERTHIRTEENTHEHIGHKINGINAND

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“Noeter，astheyfiheirmeal，“Aslahat'sQueenSusanandQueenLucy，）aresomewhereclose.Wedon'tknoillahistime，nodoubt，notours.IimehewouldlikeustodowhatweouroiaroomeetMirazile?”

“I'mafraidnot，HighKing，”

said.Hewaslikierverymuch，butwasrathertowasmugerforhimtomeetthegreatKingsoutoftheoldstoriesthanitwasforthemtomeethim.

“Verywell，then，”

saidPeter，“I'llsendhimagetosi.”

houghtofthisbefore.

“Please，”

said，“otbeme?Iwanttoaveher.”

“You'rewounded，”

saidPeter.“Andanyway，wouldn'thejustlaughatagefromyou?Imeahatyandawarriorbuthethinksofyouasakid.”

“But，Sire，”

saidtheBadger，whosatveryclosetoPeteraookhiseyesoffhim.“tageevenfromyou?Hekhestrongerarmy.”

“Verylikelyhewon't，”

saidPeter，“butthere'salwaysthedevenifhedoesn't，eofthedayseoandfroandallthat.BythenAslanmayhavedohing.AIspectthearmyaheposition.Iwillsendthege.InfactIwillwriteitatonce.Haveyoupenandior?”

“Ascholaristhem，yourMajesty，”

aorelius.

“Verywell，Iwilldictate，”

saidPeter.Aorspreadoutapardopenedhisink-hornandsharpeerleantbackwithhalf-closedeyesaohismindthelanguageitensugslongagoinNarnia'sgoldenage.

“Right，”

hesaidatlast.“Andnow，ifyouareready，Doctor?”

Doeliusdippedhispenaerdictatedasfollows:

&hegiftofAslaioion，andbyquest，HighKingsinNarheLoneIslandsandLordofCairParavel，KnightoftheMostheLion，toMiraz，SonoftheEighth，sometimeLordProtearniaandnowstylinghimselfKingreetithat?”

“Narnia，a，greetiheDoctor.“Yes，Sire.”

“Thenbeginaneh，”

saidPeter.“Fortopreventtheeffusionofblood，andfortheavoidingallotherinceslikelytogrowfromthewarsnowleviedinourrealmofNarnia，itisourpleasuretoadventureourroyalpersononbehalfofourtrustyandwell-belovedwagerofbattletoproveuponyourLordship'sbodythatthesaidislawfulKingunderusinNarniabiftandbythelawsoftheTelmarines，andyourLordshiptwiceguiltyoftreacherybothinwithholdingthedominionofNarniafromthesaiddiabhominable，—don&#ettospellitwithanH，Doctor—bloody，andunnaturalmurderofyourkindlylordandbrinthofthatname.Whereforewemostheartilyprovoke，ge，anddefyyourLordshiptothesaidbatandmonomadhaveseersbythehandofourwellbelovedandroyalbrotherEdmuimeKingunderusinNarernWasteandtoftheWesternMarightoftheheTable，towhomwehavegivenfullpowerwithyourLordshipallthesofthesaidbattle.GivenatinAslan'sHowthisXIIdayofthemonthGreenroofiyearofTenthofNarnia.

“Thatoughttodo，”

saidPeter，drabreath.

“AsendtwootherswithKingEdmund.Ithioughttobeone.”

“He's—he'snotveryclever，youknoian.

“Ofot，”

saidPeter.“Butanygiantlooksimpressiveifonlyhewillkeepquiet.Anditwillcheerhimup.Butwhofortheother?”

“Uponmykin，“ifyouwantsomeonewhokillwithlooks，Reepicheepwouldbethebest.”

“Hewouldindeed，fromallIhear，”

saidPeterwithalaugh.“Ifonlyhewasn'tsosmall.Theywouldn'teveillhewasclose!”

&orm，Sire，”

saidTrufflehunter.“Nhedatataur.”