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CHAPTER FOUR TURKISH DELIGHT(第2页)

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“Oh,butifItookyoutherenow,”saidshe,“Ishouldn'tseeyourbrotherandyoursisters。Iverymuttoknrelations。YouaretobethePrierohatisuood。Butyoumusthavecourtiersandnobles。IwillmakeyourbrotheraDukeandyoursistersDuchesses。”

“There'snothingspe,”saidEdmund,“and,anyway,Icouldalwaysbrihertime。”

“Ah,butonceyouwereinmyhouse,”saidtheQueen,“youmightfetallaboutthern。Youwouldbeenjoyingyourselfsomuchthatyouwouldn'twaherofgoihem。No。Youmustgobacktoyourownetomeanotherday,withthem,youuand。Itisnogoodingwithoutthem。”

“ButIdon'tevenknowthewaybayowntry,”pleadedEdmund。“That'seasy,”aheQueen。“Doyouseethatlamp?”ShepoihherwaurnedandsaostunderwhichLucyhadmettheFaun。“Straighto,isthewaytotheWorldofMen。Andnowlooktheotherway'—hereshepoiheoppositediredtellmeifyouseetwolittlehillsrisirees。”

“IthinkI,”saidEdmund。

“Well,myhouseisbetweewohills。Soimeyoueyouhaveonlytofindthelamp-postandlookforthosetwohillsandwalkthroughthewoodtillyoureachmyhouse。Butremember—ytheotherswithyou。Imighthavetrywithyouifyoue。”

“I'lldomybest,”saidEdmund。

“And,bytheway,”saidtheQueen,“youtellthemaboutme。Itwouldbefuasecretbetouldn'tit?Makeitasurpriseforthem。Justbriothetwohills—acleverboylikeyouwilleasilythinkofsomeexcusefthat—andwheomyhouseyoucouldjustsay“Let'sseewholiveshereorsomethi。Iamsurethatwouldbebest。IfyoursisterhasmetoheFauns,shemayhaveheardstrame—nastystoriesthatmightmakeherafraidtoe。Faunswillsayanything,youknow,andnow—”

“Please,please,”saidEdmundsuddenly,“please'tIhavejustourkishDelighttoeatonthewayhome?”

“No,no,”saidtheQueenwithalaugh,“youmustwaittillime。”Whileshespoke,shesighedwarftodriveon,butasthesledgesweptawayoutofsight,theQueeoEdmund,gout,“ime!Don&#et。esoon。”

Edmundwasstillstarihesledgewhenheheardsomeoneghisownname,andlookingroundhesawLuingtowardhimfromaofthewood。

“Oh,Edmund!”shecried。“Soyou'vegotintoo!Isn'titwonderful,andnow—”

“Allright,”saidEdmund,“Iseeyhtanditisamagicwardrobeafterall。I'llsayI'msorryifyoulike。Butwhereohhaveyoubeenallthistime?I'vebeenlookingforyoueverywhere。”

“IfI'dknownyouhadgotinI'dhavewaitedforyou,”saidLucy,pyaiappishlyEdmundspokeorhowflushedandstrangehisfacewas。“I'vebeenhavinglunchwithdearMr。Tumnus,theFaun,andhe'sverywellaeWitenothingtmego,sohethinksshe'thavefoundoutandperhapseverythingisgoingthtafterall。”

&eWitch?”saidEdmund;“who'sshe?”

“Sheisaperfectlyterribleperson,”saidLucy。“ShecallsherselftheQueenhshehasnhttobequeenatall,andalltheFaunsandDryadsandNaiadsandDwarfsandAnimals—atleastallthegoodones—simplyhateher。Auroneanddoallkindsofhorriblethings。AndshehasmadeamagicsothatitisalwayswinterinNarnia—alwayswioChristmas。Andshedrivesaboutonasledge,drawnbyreihherwandinherhandandaherhead。”

Edmundwasalreadyfeelingunfeatentoomas,ahattheLadyhehadmadefriendswithwasadachhefeltevenmoreunfortable。ButhestillwaethatTurkishDelightagaihahingelse。

“WhotoldyouallthatstuffabouttheWhiteWitch?”heasked。

“Mr。Tumnus,theFaun,”saidLucy。

“You'talwaysbelievewhatFaunssay,”saidEdmund,tryingtosoundasifheknewfarmoreaboutthemthanLucy。

“Whosaidso?”askedLucy。

“Everyo,”saidEdmund;“askanybodyyoulike。Butit'sprettypoorsportstahes'sgohome。”

&'s,”saidLuund,Iamgladyou'vegotiherswillhavetobelieveinNarnianowthatbothofushavebeefunitwillbe!”

ButEdmuhoughtthatitwouldnotbeasgoodfunforhimasforher。HewouldhavetoadmitthatLucyhadbeenright,beforealltheothers,aheotherswouldallbeoheFaunsandtheanimals;buthewasalreadymorethanhalfoheWitch。Hedidnotknoouldsay,orhowhewouldkeephissecetheywerealltalkingaboutNarnia。

Bythistimetheyhadwalkedagoodway。Theheyfeltinsteadofbranextmomehstandihewardrobeiyroom。

“Isay,”saidLucy,“youdolookawful,Edmund。Don'tyoufeelwell?”

“I'mallright,”saidEdmund,butthiswasnottrue。Hewasfeelingverysick。

&hen,”saidLucy,“let'sfihers。Whatalotweshallhavetotellthem!Andwhatwonderfuladventuresweshallhavenowthatwe'realliher。”

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