CHAPTER EIGHT HOW THEY LEFT THE ISLAND(第3页)
“Berunae,wecallit,”saidTrumpkin。
“Therewasime,”saidPeter。“AndthenfromBerunadowherdayandabit。Weusedtogethomeaboutteatimeonthesedday,goingeasily。Goinghard,wecoulddothewholethinginadayandahalfperhaps。”
“Butrememberit'sallwoodsnokin,“andthereareeododge。”
“Lookhere,”saidEdmund,“hesamewaythatOurDearLittleFriendcame?”
“,yourMajesty,ifyouloveme,”saidtheD>
“Verywell,”saidEdmund。“MayIsayourD。L。F。?”
“Oh,Edmund,”saidSusan。“Don'tkeeponathimlikethat。”
“That'sallright,lass—ImeanyourMajesty,”saidTrumpkinwithachuckle。“Ajibewon'traiseablister。”(AheyofteheD。L。F。tillthey'dalmottenwhatitmeant。)
“AsIwassaying,”uedEdmund,“wegothatway。Whyshouldn'twerowalittlesouthtillweetoGlasswaterdrowupit?ThatbringsusupbehindtheHilloftheStoable,andwe'llbesafewhilewe'reatsea。IfwestartatonbeattheheadofGlasswaterbefetafewhours'sleep,ahprettyearlytomorrow。”
“Whatathingitistok,”saidTrumpkin。“NoneofusknowanythingaboutGlass>
“Whataboutfood?”askedSusan。
“Oh,we'llhavetodoles,”saidLucy。“Dolet'sgeton。We'vedohi,andwe'vebee>
“Andanyway,noone'sgoiforafishbasketagain,”saidEdmund。
Theyusedosasakindofbagandputagoodma。Thentheyallhadagoodlongdrinkatthewell(fortheywouldmeetnomorefreshwatertilltheylaheheadofthedwentdowheweresorrytoleaveCairParavel,whiinruiofeellikehomeagain。
“TheD。L。F。hadbettersteer,”saidPeter,“andEdandIwilltakeanoareach。Halfamoment,though。We'dbettertakeoffourmail:wetobeprettywarmbeforewe'redohegirlshadbetterbeinthebowsandshoutdirestotheD。L。F。becausehedoesn'tknowtheway。You'dbettergetusafairwayouttoseatillwe'vepassedtheisland。”
Andsoonthegreeoftheislandwasfallihem,anditslittlebaysandheadlandswerebeginningtolookflatter,awasrisingandfallileswell。Theseabeganteraroundthemaadtheboatitwasgreenandbubbly。Everythiandtherewasheswishiheclop-clopainstthesidesandthesplashoftheoarsaiherowlocks。Thesu。
ItwasdelightfulforLudSusaninthebows,beheedgeandtryiheirhandsiheyeverquitereaostlypure,palesandbutatchesofpurpleseaweed,couldbeseehem。
“It'slikeoldtimes,”saidLuberetoTerebinthia—andGalma—andSeveheLoneIslands?”
“Yes,”saidSusan,“aheSplendourHyaliheswan'sheadatherprowandthecarvedswan'swingsingbackalmosttoher>
“Andthesilkensails,aernlanterns?”
“Ahepoopandthemusis。”
“Doyourememberwhehemusisupintheriggingplayiitsoundedlikemusicoutofthesky?”
&lySusantookoverEdmund'soarandhecameforwardtojoinLucy。Theyhadpassedtheislandnowandstoodtotheshore—allwoodedaheywouldhavethoughtitveryprettyiftheyhadhetimeenandbreezyandfullofmerryfriends。
&hisisprettygruellingeter。
“'tIrowforabit?”saidLucy。
“Theforyou,”saidPetershortly,notbecausehewascrossbutbecausehehadosparef。