SORCERY AND SUDDEN VENGEANCE MEANrumpkin and t ttle stone arco tinel badgers (te patceet;here?”
quot;trumpkin,quot; said t;Bringing t of t.”
t t;At last,quot; t;At last.”
quot;Give us a lig; said trumpkin.
torc inside ter lit it and to trumpkin.
quot;tter lead,quot; ;e dont kno this place.”
trumpkin took torc ao tunnel. It y place, fluttering in torc, and plenty of cobly in t morning at tation, felt as if to a trap or a prison.
quot;I say, Peter,quot; t t .
been made.”
quot;Yes,quot; said Peter. quot;t makes one think.”
t on aurned to t, and to t, and teps, and to t again. t last t a from under a door. And no time to the door
of tral calking so loudly t t been heard.
quot;Dont like t,quot; o Peter. quot;Lets listen for a moment.”
All tood perfectly still on tside of the door.
quot;You kno;ts t; ; sunrise tten t Miraz fell upon us almost before trumpkin ing for our lives for t w I hing space.”
quot;Im not likely to forget it,quot; came t;tack and one in five of t; (quot;ts Nikabrik,quot; wrumpkin.)
quot;For s; came a t;truffleers,quot; said trumpkin). quot;e all did as muche King.”
quot;tell t tale your o; ans;But too late, or er magician, you knoill asking us to er and all t of it?”
quot;I must confess - I cannot deny it - t I am deeply disappointed in t of tion,quot; came t;tll be Doctor Cornelius,quot; said trumpkin.)
quot;to speak plainly,quot; said Nikabrik, quot;your s empty, your eggs addled, your fis, your promises broken. Stand aside t ot is why -”
quot;t; said truffleer. quot;I stand by Aslan. ience, like us beasts. t may be even no the door.”
quot;Pa; snarled Nikabrik. quot;You badgers ill tcell you . Food is running s; every encounter; our followers are slipping away.”
quot;And ruffleer. quot;Ill tell you rumpkin spoke before (and , most likely, to blo let t or t same evening everyone seemed to know.”
quot;Youd better in a s nest, Badger, t t I am t; said Nikabrik. quot;take it back, or-”
quot;Oop it, bot; said King Caspian. quot;I to kno is t Nikabrik keeps on ing , I to knorangers
are o our council and .”
quot;t; said Nikabrik. quot;And ter rigo be you are a friend of trumpkins and t rig old dotard in to be t o be t bring in his friends?”
quot;y is to ruffleer sternly.
quot;Court manners, court manners,quot; sneered Nikabrik. quot;But in talk plainly.
You knoelmarine boy rap in ws.”
quot;Per; said Cornelius, quot;your neo speak for t are you?”
quot;orser Doctor,quot; came a t;So please you, Im only a poor old o y, bless o be afraid of an old s nearly doubled up ics and ticks to put under tle.
I tle skill - not like yours, Master Doctor, of course - in small spells and cantrips t Id be glad to use against our enemies if it o all concerned. For I e em. Oes better than me.”
quot;t is all most interesting and - er - satisfactory,quot; said Doctor Cornelius. quot;I t you are, Madam. Per of himself?”
A dull, grey voice at ;Im . e, I ill I die, and even after deat cut out my mout a die. I can lie a s on t freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies.”
quot;And it is in t you ; said Caspian.
quot;Yes,quot; said Nikabrik. quot;And by t I mean to execute it.”
te or t could not make out hey were saying.
then Caspian spoke aloud.
quot;ell, Nikabrik,quot; ;we will hear your plan.”
t to o begin; w was in a lower voice, as if muc he was saying.
quot;All said and done,quot; tered, quot;none of us knorut t days in Narnia. trumpkin believed none of tories. I o put to trial. e tried first t er and a Queen Susan and a King Edmund and a Queen Lucy, t come, or they are our enemies -”
quot;Or t; put in truffleer.
quot;You can go on saying t till Miraz o ried one link in t ell of ot Kings and Queens. hem up?”
quot;If you mean Aslan,quot; said truffleer, quot;its all one calling on he Kings.
ts. If send t I make no doubt o come himself?”
quot;No. Youre rig; said Nikabrik. quot;Aslan and toget on our side. Or else sometronger than himself keeps him back.
And if alo Ds told. Not even to all beasts. Ask t I ever stay long. You may drop Aslan out of thinking of someone else.”
tes it ill t Edmund could he Badger.
quot;; said Caspian at last.
quot;I mean a po it ories are true.”
quot;te itc; cried t once, and from ter guessed t to t.
quot;Yes,quot; said Nikabrik very sloinctly, quot;I mean tc do all take frig a name as if you a po tories say t tced Aslan, and bound very stone ?”
quot;But t o life again,quot; said the Badger sharply.
quot;Yes, t; ans;but youll notice t le about anyter of tory. , if o life? Isnt it muc , and t tories say not o say?”
quot;ablis; said Caspian.
quot;A King battle can usually establis t; said Nikabrik. truffleer.
quot;And any; Nikabrik continued, quot;oo. But its very different cer. tical.”
quot;But, ; said t; old t s enemy of all? asnt syrant ten times han Miraz?”
quot;Per; said Nikabrik in a cold voice. quot;Pers. Samped out t least t s on all rigand by my o afraid of tch.”
quot;But youve joined ; said truffleer.
quot;Yes, and a lot of good it ; snapped Nikabrik. quot; on all t he Dwarfs. ho -?”
quot;Lies! All lies!quot; said the Badger.
quot;And so,quot; said Nikabrik, ;if you cant o someone who can.”
quot;Is treason, D; asked the King.
quot;Put t ss s; said Nikabrik. quot;Murder at council, e your game? Dont be fool enougo try it. Do you three on yours.”
quot;Come on, t; snarled truffleer, but ely interrupted.
quot;Stop, stop, stop,quot; said Doctor Cornelius. quot;You go on too fast. tcories agree on t. does Nikabrik mean by calling on tch?”
t grey and terrible voice w;Oh, is she?”
And t;O, tle Majesty neednt mind about te Lady - ts or is only making game of a poor old woman like me w.
S Mastery Doctor, learned Master Doctor, them back.”
quot;Call ; said t;e are all ready. Drahe blue fire.”
Above teadily increasing gro;?quot; rose thunder.
quot;So t is your plan, Nikabrik! Black sorcery and t.
And I see who your companions are-a hag and a erewolf!”
t minute or so eel; trumpkin ruser creature, of leaping upon a boy about of cat figrumpkin found o face uck out like a pair of nut-crackers, y grey
got Doctor Cornelius by t. At one slasrumpkins sword he floor.
t eets, and boots for about sixty seconds. then silence.
quot;Are you all right, Ed?”
quot;I - I t; panted Edmund. quot;Ive got t brute Nikabrik, but ill alive.”
quot;eiger-bottles!quot; came an angry voice. quot;Its me youre sitting on. Get off.
Youre like a young elep.”
quot;Sorry, D.L.F.,quot; said Edmund. quot;Is t better?”
quot;O; bellorumpkin. quot;Youre putting your boot in my mout; ` quot;Is King Caspian anyer.
quot;Im ; said a rat voice. quot;Somet me.”
triking a matc tle flame sy. for a little, found t of oil), set it on table, and lit
it. o t. Six faces blinked at one anot.
quot;e dont seem to ,quot; said Peter. quot;t; (urned ;And Nikabrik, dead too. And I suppose ts so long since Ive seen one. olfs means turning from man into t he was killed. And you, I suppose, are King Caspian?”
quot;Yes,quot; said t;But Ive no idea who you are.”
quot;Its ter,quot; said trumpkin.
quot;Your Majesty is very ; said Caspian.
quot;And so is your Majesty,quot; said Peter. quot;I come to take your place, you kno to put you into it.quot; , quot;Your Majesty,quot; said anot Peters elbohe Badger.
Peter leaned for and kissed t a girliso do, because he high King.
quot;Best of badgers,quot; ;You never doubted us all through.”
quot;No credit to me, your Majesty,quot; said truffleer. quot;1m a beast and change.
Im a badger, ws more, and we hold on.”
quot;I am sorry for Nikabrik,quot; said Caspian, quot;ted me from t moment ing. If we know w.”
quot;Youre bleeding,quot; said Peter.
quot;Yes, Im bitten,quot; said Caspian. quot;It - t ; Cleaning and bandaging took a long time, and rumpkin said, quot;No some breakfast.”
quot;But not ; said Peter.
quot;No,quot; said Caspian ;And send someone to take ahe bodies.”
quot;Let to a pit,quot; said Peter. quot;But to o be buried in their own fashion.”
ted at last in anot suc as ties, and Peter and Edmund of buttered eggs and coffee, but tle bit of cold bear-meat (out of ts), a lump of er. But, from to, anyone would was delicious.