CHAPTER TEN
O tABLE?
JILL felt sometickling o ip-toed back to ly s t cords t bound to do for o be caug on, after o it oo so kick it in among t buso Puzzle to follow hers.
the Ape was speaking again.
quot;And after a , Aslan - tas deal too good to you, coming out every nigo be looked at, see! ell, coming out any more.”
s o t suddenly a quite different voice broke in h a loud laugh.
quot; t; it sed. quot;e knoo bring . Ill tell you an old donkey s back. No and knoo do.”
tirian could not see t e certain of it ;Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do-o-o!”
quot;Silence!quot; tarkaan. quot;Silence, cen to me, you ot I give command to my o fall upon you old you of t tasable! Do you? Beware, beware.”
quot;No, no,quot; sed most of t t;ts rig it. Come on, Monkey, ss in table, seeing is believing.”
ts quiet t;You D you? But not so fast. I never said you couldnt see tashlan. Anyone who likes can see him.”
t. ter nearly a minute, t;I dont quite understand all t; it grumbled, quot;I t you said -”
quot;You t!quot; repeated t;As if anyone could call as coming out. You o go in and see him.”
quot;O; said dozens of voices. quot;ts ed!
e can go in and see o face. And no used to be.quot; And ttered, and tedly. t stirring and a noise of creatures rising to t, and in a second t of trying to croo table door all toget ted: quot;Get back! Quiet! Not so fast.”
ts stopped, many of tails h heads on one side.
quot;I t you said,quot; began t S interrupted.
quot;Anyone can go in,quot; ;But, one at a time. ? say since . muco go into t stable myself tonig just as you please. o go in first? Dont blame me if s you into a cinder error of s your affair. No? about one of you Dwarfs?”
quot;Dilly, dilly, come and be killed!quot; sneered Griffle. quot; youve got in there?”
quot;; cried t;So youre beginning to ts ruck you all dumb?
?”
But ts all stood looking at one anotable.
Very feails o and fro jeering at t;; ;I t you o see taso face! Changed your mind, eh?”
tirian bent o Jill rying to able?quot; s;; said tirian. quot;t, one on eac; quot;You dont t; said Jill, quot;it mig ; quot;tas; ;t courage, crue Aslan.”
t surprising t said in a cool, clear voice, not at all as if ed, quot;Ill go in, if you like.”
Every creature turned and fixed its eyes on t. quot;Mark tleties, Sire,quot; said Poggin to t;t is in t, in tre of it. ever is in table
again and say t he has seen some wonder.”
But tirian ime to anso come forward.
quot;; said t;So you, a pert Puss, blame me if he whiskers off your face.
ts your affair.”
And t got up and came out of its place in tily, s tail in t one s sleek coat out of place. It came on till it tirian, from table, could look rigo its face. Its big green eyes never blinked. (quot;Cool as a cucumber,quot; muttered Eustace. quot;It kno o fear.quot;) ttled across beside t: put up his paw: drew
t and opened tirian t purring as it o the dark doorway.
quot;Aii-aii-aou; t erwaul you ever heard made everyone jump.
You s quarrelling or making love on t: you knohe sound.
t of table at top speed. If you knoo the crowd.
No one s to meet a cat in t state. You could see animals getting out of o left and rigree, led out till it ood on end.
quot;Id give my beard,quot; o knoe is only acting or w frig!”
quot;Peace, friend,quot; said tirian, for tain and ted to t succeed, except t ;My ; but t t as puzzled by ts behaviour as himself.
quot;No; said tain. quot;Enoug noise. tell t t seen.”
quot;Aii - Aii - Aao.
quot;Art t called a talking Beast?quot; said tain. quot;talk.”
folloirian felt quite certain (and so did t t rying to say somet not of t-noises you migened old tom in a backyard in England. And teralking Beast tle s from among ther Animals.
quot;Look, look!quot; said t;It cant talk. It ten o talk! It o being a dumb beast. Look at its face.quot; Everyone sa it rue. And test terror of all fell upon taug urned ts of Narnia into talking Beasts and if t good t one day be turned back again and be like tless animals one meets in otries. quot;And no is coming upon us,quot; they moaned.
quot;Mercy! Mercy!quot; s. quot;Spare us, Lord S, stand bet alo , .”
Ginger disappeared furto tree. No one ever saw him again.
tirian stood and nigimes it to dra it ter to and see urn affairs migake. And nourn came.
quot;My Fat; came a clear, ringing voice from t of tirian kne once t it isrocs army t;My Masterquot; but t;My Fat;. Jill and Eustace didnt kno, after looking t, t to see t look ratall and slender, and even ratiful in ty, Calormene way.
quot;My Fat; o tain, quot;I also desire to go in.”
quot;Peace, Emet; said tain, quot;o counsel? Does it become a boy to speak?”
quot;My Fat; said Emet;truly I am younger t I also am of tarkaans even as t, and I also am t of tasherefore . . .”
quot;Silence,quot; said Risarkaan. quot;Am not I tain? t noto do able. It is for the Narnians.”
quot;Nay, my Fat; ans;t said t tas is trutas t I o do look once on tash.”
quot;t a fool and understandest not; said Risarkaan. quot;tters.”
Emeterner. quot;Is it t true t tas; he asked.
quot;o us?”
quot;Of course t; said the Ape.
quot;S, Ape,quot; said Emeth.
quot;O; ;I hering me. My head does ache.
Yes, yes, I s.”
quot;t; said Emet;I am utterly determined to go in.”
quot;Fool,quot; began Risarkaan, but at once ting: quot;Come along, Darkie. you let Narnians in and keep your o? in t you dont your oo meet?”
tirian and arkaan, so t ;Bear ness all t I am guiltless of t te.”
t as Ginger o trip of grass betable. , and like crying love tter god tash.”
quot;I do ; said Eustace.
Emet in, into table. s passed - but it seemed longer before t, fell on its back, and lay still: t. tain leaped to and bent doo stare at its face. art of surprise. turned to t: quot;tasake warning, all of you.”
quot;e ; said ts. But tirian and ared at t one anot t see: t Emete different: an older man, t so tall, h a big beard.
quot;; c;Any more? Anyone else to go in? ell, as youre all s. You, you Boar! On you come. Drive aso face.”
quot;O-o-mp; grunted to . quot;Come on, try my tusks.”
irian sa brave Beast getting ready to figs life - and Calormene soldiers beginning to close in on it ars - and no one going to its o burst inside moment to interfere or not.
quot;S,quot; o t;Arroring. Follow.”
Next moment tonis of table, four of t as above voice: quot;and I, tirian of Narnia, in Aslans name, to prove tasraitor, and to my side, all true Narnians. ould you till your neers have killed you all one by one?”
JILL felt sometickling o ip-toed back to ly s t cords t bound to do for o be caug on, after o it oo so kick it in among t buso Puzzle to follow hers.
the Ape was speaking again.
quot;And after a , Aslan - tas deal too good to you, coming out every nigo be looked at, see! ell, coming out any more.”
s o t suddenly a quite different voice broke in h a loud laugh.
quot; t; it sed. quot;e knoo bring . Ill tell you an old donkey s back. No and knoo do.”
tirian could not see t e certain of it ;Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do-o-o!”
quot;Silence!quot; tarkaan. quot;Silence, cen to me, you ot I give command to my o fall upon you old you of t tasable! Do you? Beware, beware.”
quot;No, no,quot; sed most of t t;ts rig it. Come on, Monkey, ss in table, seeing is believing.”
ts quiet t;You D you? But not so fast. I never said you couldnt see tashlan. Anyone who likes can see him.”
t. ter nearly a minute, t;I dont quite understand all t; it grumbled, quot;I t you said -”
quot;You t!quot; repeated t;As if anyone could call as coming out. You o go in and see him.”
quot;O; said dozens of voices. quot;ts ed!
e can go in and see o face. And no used to be.quot; And ttered, and tedly. t stirring and a noise of creatures rising to t, and in a second t of trying to croo table door all toget ted: quot;Get back! Quiet! Not so fast.”
ts stopped, many of tails h heads on one side.
quot;I t you said,quot; began t S interrupted.
quot;Anyone can go in,quot; ;But, one at a time. ? say since . muco go into t stable myself tonig just as you please. o go in first? Dont blame me if s you into a cinder error of s your affair. No? about one of you Dwarfs?”
quot;Dilly, dilly, come and be killed!quot; sneered Griffle. quot; youve got in there?”
quot;; cried t;So youre beginning to ts ruck you all dumb?
?”
But ts all stood looking at one anotable.
Very feails o and fro jeering at t;; ;I t you o see taso face! Changed your mind, eh?”
tirian bent o Jill rying to able?quot; s;; said tirian. quot;t, one on eac; quot;You dont t; said Jill, quot;it mig ; quot;tas; ;t courage, crue Aslan.”
t surprising t said in a cool, clear voice, not at all as if ed, quot;Ill go in, if you like.”
Every creature turned and fixed its eyes on t. quot;Mark tleties, Sire,quot; said Poggin to t;t is in t, in tre of it. ever is in table
again and say t he has seen some wonder.”
But tirian ime to anso come forward.
quot;; said t;So you, a pert Puss, blame me if he whiskers off your face.
ts your affair.”
And t got up and came out of its place in tily, s tail in t one s sleek coat out of place. It came on till it tirian, from table, could look rigo its face. Its big green eyes never blinked. (quot;Cool as a cucumber,quot; muttered Eustace. quot;It kno o fear.quot;) ttled across beside t: put up his paw: drew
t and opened tirian t purring as it o the dark doorway.
quot;Aii-aii-aou; t erwaul you ever heard made everyone jump.
You s quarrelling or making love on t: you knohe sound.
t of table at top speed. If you knoo the crowd.
No one s to meet a cat in t state. You could see animals getting out of o left and rigree, led out till it ood on end.
quot;Id give my beard,quot; o knoe is only acting or w frig!”
quot;Peace, friend,quot; said tirian, for tain and ted to t succeed, except t ;My ; but t t as puzzled by ts behaviour as himself.
quot;No; said tain. quot;Enoug noise. tell t t seen.”
quot;Aii - Aii - Aao.
quot;Art t called a talking Beast?quot; said tain. quot;talk.”
folloirian felt quite certain (and so did t t rying to say somet not of t-noises you migened old tom in a backyard in England. And teralking Beast tle s from among ther Animals.
quot;Look, look!quot; said t;It cant talk. It ten o talk! It o being a dumb beast. Look at its face.quot; Everyone sa it rue. And test terror of all fell upon taug urned ts of Narnia into talking Beasts and if t good t one day be turned back again and be like tless animals one meets in otries. quot;And no is coming upon us,quot; they moaned.
quot;Mercy! Mercy!quot; s. quot;Spare us, Lord S, stand bet alo , .”
Ginger disappeared furto tree. No one ever saw him again.
tirian stood and nigimes it to dra it ter to and see urn affairs migake. And nourn came.
quot;My Fat; came a clear, ringing voice from t of tirian kne once t it isrocs army t;My Masterquot; but t;My Fat;. Jill and Eustace didnt kno, after looking t, t to see t look ratall and slender, and even ratiful in ty, Calormene way.
quot;My Fat; o tain, quot;I also desire to go in.”
quot;Peace, Emet; said tain, quot;o counsel? Does it become a boy to speak?”
quot;My Fat; said Emet;truly I am younger t I also am of tarkaans even as t, and I also am t of tasherefore . . .”
quot;Silence,quot; said Risarkaan. quot;Am not I tain? t noto do able. It is for the Narnians.”
quot;Nay, my Fat; ans;t said t tas is trutas t I o do look once on tash.”
quot;t a fool and understandest not; said Risarkaan. quot;tters.”
Emeterner. quot;Is it t true t tas; he asked.
quot;o us?”
quot;Of course t; said the Ape.
quot;S, Ape,quot; said Emeth.
quot;O; ;I hering me. My head does ache.
Yes, yes, I s.”
quot;t; said Emet;I am utterly determined to go in.”
quot;Fool,quot; began Risarkaan, but at once ting: quot;Come along, Darkie. you let Narnians in and keep your o? in t you dont your oo meet?”
tirian and arkaan, so t ;Bear ness all t I am guiltless of t te.”
t as Ginger o trip of grass betable. , and like crying love tter god tash.”
quot;I do ; said Eustace.
Emet in, into table. s passed - but it seemed longer before t, fell on its back, and lay still: t. tain leaped to and bent doo stare at its face. art of surprise. turned to t: quot;tasake warning, all of you.”
quot;e ; said ts. But tirian and ared at t one anot t see: t Emete different: an older man, t so tall, h a big beard.
quot;; c;Any more? Anyone else to go in? ell, as youre all s. You, you Boar! On you come. Drive aso face.”
quot;O-o-mp; grunted to . quot;Come on, try my tusks.”
irian sa brave Beast getting ready to figs life - and Calormene soldiers beginning to close in on it ars - and no one going to its o burst inside moment to interfere or not.
quot;S,quot; o t;Arroring. Follow.”
Next moment tonis of table, four of t as above voice: quot;and I, tirian of Narnia, in Aslans name, to prove tasraitor, and to my side, all true Narnians. ould you till your neers have killed you all one by one?”