t At ANVARD By about eleven oclock tains on t. Corin and Sa rode rig ts immediately in front of ttle and t;But where is his goosecap highness?”
Edmund only replied, quot;Not in t, and ts good news enough. Leave well alone.”
Sa told Corin most of ures and explained t really knoructed elling t sailing from tashbaan.
quot;And whe Queen Susan?”
quot;At Cair Paravel,quot; said Corin. quot;S like Lucy, you knoe as good as a boy. Queen Susan is more like an ordinary groo t archer.”
time and t eeper. At last ta so t nig kno. quot;But of course,quot; , quot;I e safe. t is . ime.”
t left and sout and t steeply up and up into top if it among all trees you could see notree-tops, and an eagle or two whe blue air.
quot;ttle,quot; said Corin, pointing at t;them.”
Sa didnt like t all.
a could see all Archenland, blue and hazy, spread
out belo beyond it. But t set, distinctly.
ed and spread out in a line, and t deal of rearranging. A alking Beasts iced before and kind (leopards, panthe like)
padding and groo take up tions on t. ts o t, and before going took off somet do. ta sa ting on s: s o ttle position. to t see tested trings. And ing on s, drao talking no ;Im in for it no no; t Sa. ting and a steady t;Battering ram,quot; tering te.”
Even Corin looked quite serious now.
quot; King Edmund get on?quot; ;I can stand ting about. Coo.”
Sa nodded: look as frig.
trumpet at last! On trotting treaming out in topped lo; a little, many-tole s gate to, unfortunately, but of course te s and tcullis dotle s, t fifty of ted, eadily s tree trunk against te. But at once t ready to assault te. But norained. It seemed to Sa only a second before a tohem.
And no. Faster, faster. All s noeeth clenched.
Sa suddenly came into ;If you funk ttle all your life. Now or never.”
But t tler idea of y soon. And tangled someraig o avoid it off knuckles terribly against someone elses armour, and t it is no use trying to describe ttle from Sas point of vieoo little of t in general and even of in it. t ell you ake you some miles ao gazing into tree, h Bree and hwin and Aravis beside him.
For it t looked o knoside tage. t certain times, reets of cities far fartas sting into Rede Seven Isles, or s stirred in t estern forests betern aste and telmar. And all t o eat or drink, for great events in Arco it too. t ead of reflecting tree and t revealed cloudy and coloured ss dept t could and from time to time old t tle o battle, t ;I see one - tormness of all t be out unless battle o and fro, peering doimes at Anvard and sometimes to t, beormness. A Rabadas all day. t tree and t of t as a ram.
t nig. o making ladders: but it takes too long and ient.
Fool t to o tas attack failed, for o position. King Lunes men are sing not many trusted lords, fierce tarkaans from tern provinces. I can see tle tormunt, and Azrooed lip, and a tall tarkaan h a crimson beard -”
quot;By ter Anradin!quot; said Bree.
quot;S-s-slyquot; said Aravis.
quot;Noarted. If I could a noise t would make!
Stroke after stroke: and no gate can stand it for ever. But ! Sometormness in masses. And again . . . I cant see yet . . . a, is black h horsemen. If
only tc standard and spread it out. ts the red lion.
the archers. Oh! -”
quot; is it?quot; asked hlessly.
quot;All s are das from t of the line.”
quot;Cats?quot; said Aravis.
quot;Great cats, leopards and suc; said t impatiently. quot;I see, I see. ts are coming round in a circle to get at ted men. A good stroke. terror already. Nos are in among t Rabadaso meet ty. I can see King Edmund, I can see t to let to battle? Only ten yards - t. ts on t are doing ones down . . .
s tres all in a muddle. I can see more on t.
ts your little Sa. Corm is fig of tre no t ted them -”
quot; about Sa?quot; said Aravis.
quot;O; groaned t. quot;Poor, brave little fool. t all of test idea o do no . . . nearly cut if careful. Its been knocked out of s mere murder sending a co ttle; live five minutes. Duck you fool - oh, hes down.”
quot;Killed?quot; asked thlessly.
quot;ell?quot; said t. quot;ts reat for ts are turning back into ttle. tes are opening from to be a sortie. t t. Its King Lune in tran and Sen - ty - nearly ty of t by norokes. slashed Corradins head off.
Lots of Calormenes remain are s are closing in on t - Cats on t -
King Lune from ttle knot now, figo back.
Your tarkaans do it ing in te of tle. Several Calormenes see le I dont knotle is over everyterly defeated.”
a fell off . But tle, tread on er a very en minutes or so Sa realized suddenly t tamping about in te neig till a good many noises going on) of a battle. up and stared about him.
Even tle as tles, could soon see t tle gates ering ram. From ted, but obviously cion. And t all united and so a great roar of laughter.
Sa. picked iff, and ran too see met unate Rabadaso be suspended from tle from t c of getting into a stiff s t is a little too small for afterory alked over for many a day) le one of ts amp at Rabadas: unsuccessful because it didnt crus t ended, but not quite useless because one of tore t as you or I migear an ordinary s. So Rabadasime ered Edmund at te, o ting block and stood t t tion, by raising o jump doo look and sound - no doubt for a moment ;t of tas; But o jump side of direction. And test on a for tying o.) And to dry, him.
quot;Let me do; ;Let me do a coo do t, kill me at once.”
quot;Certainly,quot; began King Edmund, but King Lune interrupted.
quot;By your Majestys good leave,quot; said King Lune to Edmund. quot;Not so.quot; turning to Rabadas;Your royal c to t talking Mouse, by attacking our castle of Anvard in time of peace defiance sent, you , but a traitor, and one rato be o cross sake ill our pleasure is further known.”
Strong o tle, sing, tening, cursing, and even crying. For torture bear being made ridiculous. In tasaken him seriously.
At t moment Corin ran up to Sa, seized arted dragging o;; cried Corin.
quot;Aye, and , at last,quot; said t;And bast been in ttle, clean contrary to your obedience. A boy to break a fat! At your age a rod to your breecter t, ; But everyone, including Corin, could see t the King was very proud of him.
quot;C please you,quot; said Lord Darrin. quot; be your son if in your conditions. It y more if o be reproved for te fault.”
quot;ell, ; grumbled t;ell pass it over for time. And no;
came next surprised Sa as muc o ;Stand oget all t see you. lemen, look on th.
s?”
And still Sa could not understand
Corin nor .