CHAPTER EIGHT WHAT NEWS THE EAGLE BROUGHT（第2页）
Tiriaterremuises，astheydidn'twaakenforeayloyalNarmeet。TheDahorrid-lookingmessofashesfromthehearthahejarofgreasetfonsear-heads。Theookofftheiroraothestream。Thenastymixturemadealatherjustlikesoftsoap:itleasatoseeTiriawokhewaterandsgthebacksoftheirnecksandblolashedthelatheroff。TheotheTowerwithred，shinyfaces，likepeoplewhohavebeeragoodwashbeforeaparty。Theyre-armedthemselvesintrueNarraightswordsandthree-eredshields。“Bodyofme，”saidTirian。“Thatisbetter。Ifeelatruemanagain。”
Puzzlebeggedveryhardtohavethelion-skintakenoffhim。Hesaiditwastoohotawasruhisbafortable:also，itmadehimlooksosilly。ButtheytoldhimhewouldhavetowearitabitloheystillwaoshowhimiheotherBeasts，eventhoughtheywerenowgoifirst。
Whatwasleftofthepigeoandrabbit-meatwasningawaybuttheytooksomebiscuits。ThenTiriahedooroftheTowerandthatwastheehere。
Itwasalittleaftertwoierheysetout，anditwasthefirstreallywarmdayofthatspring。Theyoungleavesseemedtobemuchfurtheroutthahesnow-dropswereover，buttheysarimroses。Thesunlightslahroughthetrees，birdssang，andalways（thoughusuallyoutofsight）therewasthenwater。Itwashardtothinkofhorriblethihefelt，“ThisisreallyNarniaatlast。”EvenTirian&#rewlighterashewalkedaheadofthem，humminganoldNarnianmargwhichhadtherefrain:
Ho，rumble，rumble，rumble，
Rumbledrumbelaboured。
&heKiadPoggintheDogginwastellihenamesofalltheNarniantrees，birds，andplantswhi'tknowalready。SometimesEustacewouldtellhimaboutEnglishones。
&hemcamePuzzle，andafterhimJillandJewelwalkingveryclosetogether。Jillhad，asyoumightsay，quitefalleheUni。Shethought—andshewasn&#—thathewastheshi，delicatest，mostgraimalshehadevermet:andhewassogeofspeechthat，ifyouhadn'tknown，youwouldhardlyhavebelievedhowfierdterriblehecouldbeinbattle。
“Oh，thisisnice!”saidJill。“Justwalkingalohis。Iwishthereoreofthissortofadve'sapitythere'salwayssomuinginNarnia。”
ButtheUniexplaishewasquitemistakehattheSonsandDaughtersofAdamandEvewerebroughtoutoftheireworldintoNarniaonlyattimeswhenNarniawasstirredashemustn'tthinkitwasalwayslikethat。IheirvisitstherewerehuhousandsofyearswhenpeagfollowedpeagtillyoucouldhardlyremembertheirnamesorttheirherewasreallyhardlyanythingtoputioryBooks。AotalkofoldQueensandheroeswhomshehadneverheardof。HespokeofSwaheQueenwhohadlivedbeforethedaysoftheWhiteWitdtheGreatassobeautifulthatwhenshelookedintoaherefleofherfaeoutofthewaterlikeastarbynightforayearandadayafterokeofMoonwoodtheHarewhohadsuchearsthathecouldsitbyPooluhuhegreatwaterfallamenspokeiCairParavel。HetoldhowKingGale，whowasnifromFraofallKings，hadsailedfarawayiernseasaheLoneIslandersfronandhow，iheyhadgivenhimtheLoneIslaoftheroyallandsofNaralkedofwholeturiesinwhiarniaythatnotabledandfeasts，oratmosttours，weretheonlythingsthatcouldberemembered，andeverydayandweekhadbeehelast。Aoureofallthosehappyyears，allthethousandsofthem，piledupinJill'smindtillitwasratherlikelookingdhhillontoarich，lovelyplainfullofwoodsandwatersandfields，whichspreadawayandawaytillitgotthinandmistyfromdistandshesaid:“Oh，IdohopewesettletheApeaothosegood，ordihehey'llgoonforeverandeverandever。oingtohaveanendsomeday。Perhapsthisonewon't。OhJewelwouldn'titbelovelyifNarniajustwentonayousaidithasbeen?”
“Nay，sister，”answeredJewel，“allworldsdrawtoaAslan'sowntry。”
&least，”saidJill，“Ihopetheendofthisoneismillionsofmillionsofmillionsofyearsaway—hallo!whatarewestoppingfor?”
TheKiadtheDwarfwereallstaringupatthesky。Jillshuddered，rememberingwhathorrorstheyhadseeitwasnothingofthatsortthistime。Itwassmall，andlookedblasttheblue。
“Idareswear，”saidtheUniitsflight，thatitisaTalkingbird。”
“SothinkI，”saidtheKing。“Butisitafriend，oraspyoftheApe's?”
“Tome，Sire，”saidtheDwarf，“ithasalhttheEagle。”
“Oughtwetohideurees?”saidEustace。
“Nay，”saidTiriaandstillasrocks。Hewouldseeusforifwemoved。”
“Look!Hewheels，hehasseenusalready，”saidJewel。“Heisingdowninwidecircles。”
“Arr，Lady，”saidTiriantoJill。“ButbytillIbidyou。Hemaybeafriend。”
IfonehadknoasgoingtohappewouldhavebeechthegradeasewithwhichthehugebirdglideddowedafewfeetfromTirian，bowedhiscrestedhead，andsaidinhisstrangeeagle's-voice，“Hail，King。”
“Hail，Farsight，”saidTirian。“AndsineKing，ImaywellbelieveyouarenotafolloweroftheApeandhisfalseAslan。Iamrightglad。”
“Sire，”saidtheEagle，“whenyouhaveheardmynewsyouwillbesorrierofmyingthawoethateverbefellyou。”
Tirian'sheartseemedtostopbeatingatthesewords，buthesethisteethandsaid，“Tellon。”
“TwosightshaveIseen，”saidFarsight。“OnearavelfilledwithdeadNarniansandliviheTisroc'sbanneradvanyourroyalbattlements:andyoursubjegfromthecity—thiswayandthat，intothearavelwastakesofenputihedarkofthenight。”
Noonecouldspeak。
“Ahersight，fiveleagueshanCairParavel，wasRooaurlyihaenearrowinhisside。IwaswithhiminhislasthavemethismessagetoyourMajesty:torememberthatallworldsdrawtoahathisatreasurewhieistoopoortobuy。”
“So，”saidtheKing，afteralongsileniaisnomore。”