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CHAPTER TWO WHAT LUCY FOUND THERE(第2页)

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“Oh—oh—oh!”sobbedMr。Tumnus,“I&#besuchabadFaun。”

“Idon'tthinkyou'reabadFaunatall,”saidLucy。“IthinkyouareaverygoodFauheFaunI'veevermet。”

“Oh—oh—youwouldn'tsaythatifyouknew,”repliedMr。Tumweenhissobs。“No,I'mabadFaun。Idon'tsupposethereeverwasaworseFauhebeginningoftheworld。”

“Butwhathaveyoudone?”askedLucy。

“Myoldfather,now,”saidMr。Tumnus;“that'shispiantelpiece。Hewouldhihis。”

“Athi?”saidLucy。

&I'vedone,”saidtheFaun。“TakeheWhiteWitch。That'swhatIam。I'miheWhiteWitch。”

&eWitch?Whoisshe?”

“Why,itisshethathasgotallNarhumb。It'sshethatmakesitalwayswinter。Alwayswinteramas;thinkofthat!”

“Howawful!”saidLucy。“Butwhatdoesshepayyoufor?”

“That'stheworstofit,”saidMr。Tumnusgroan。“I'makidnapperforher,that'swhatIam。Lookatme,DaughterofEve。WouldyoubelievethatI'mthesortofFauapoorithewood,ohadneverdonemeanyharm,aobefriendlywithit,ahometomycave,allforthesakeoflullihenhandiheWhiteWitch?”

“No,”saidLusureyouwouldn'tdoanythi。”

“ButIhave,”saidtheFaun。

“Well,”saidLucyratherslowly(forshewahfulabetoohardonhim),“rettybad。Butyou'resosorryforitthatI'msureyouwillagain。”

“DaughterofEve,don'tyouuand?”saidtheFaun。“Itisn'tsomethingIhavedone。I'mdoingitnow,thisverymoment。”

“Whatdoyoumeaure。

“Youarethechild,”saidTumnus。“IhadordersfromtheWhiteWitchthatifeverIsawaSonhterofEveinthewood,Iwastocatdhaoher。AhefirstIevermet。AndI'vepreteobeyourfriendaotea,aimeI'vebeeowaittillyouandthengoandtellHer。”

“Oh,butyouwon't,Mr。Tumnus,”saidLucy。“Yowon't,willyou?Indeed,indeedyoureallymustn't。”

“AndifIdon't,”saidhe,beginningtain,“she'ssuretofindout。Andshe'llhavemytailyhornssawnoff,andmybeardpluckedout,andshe'llwaveherwandovermybeautifulhoofsandturohorridsolidhoofslikeawretchedhorse's。Araandspegryshe'llturoneandIshallbeonlystatueofaFauninherhorriblehouseuhroCairParavelarefilleda—andgoodnesskewilleverhappenatall。”

“I'mverysorry,Mr。Tumnus,”saidLucy。“Butpleaseletmegohome。”

“OfcourseIwill,”saidtheFaun。“OfcourseI'vegotto。Iseethatnow。Ihadn'tknownwhatHumanswerelikebeforeImetyou。OfcourseI'tgiveyouuptotheWitowthatIknowyou。Butwemustbeoffatonce。I'llseeyoubap-post。IsupposeyoudyourownwayfromtherebacktoSpareOomandWarDrobe?”

“I'msureI,”saidLucy。

&goasquietlyaswe,”saidMr。Tumnus。“Thewholewoodisfullofherspies。Evereesareonherside。”

&hgotupaeathiable,andMr。TumuphisumbrellaandgaveLucyhisarm,aihejourneybaotatalllikethejourheFaun'scave;theystolealongasquicklyastheycould,withoutspeakingaword,andMr。Tumhedarkestplaces。Lucywasrelievedwhehelamp-postagain。

“DoyouknowyourwayfrhterofEve?”saidTumnus。

Lucylookedveryhardbetweereesandcouldjustseeiachoflightthatlookedlikedaylight。“Yes,”shesaid,“Iseethewardrobedoor。”

“Thenbeoffhomeasquickasyou,”saidtheFaun,“and—yivemeforwhatImeanttodo?”

“Why,ofcourseI,”saidLughimheartilybythehand。“AndIdohopeyouwon'tgetiroubleonmyat。”

“Farewell,DaughterofEve,”saidhe。“PerhapsImaykeepthehandkerchief?”

“Rather!”saidLudthenrantowardthefar-offpatchofdaylightasquicklyasherlegswouldcarryher。Aeadhbranchesbrushingpasthershefeltdinsteadsnowushefeltwoodenboards;andallatonceshefoundherselfjumpingoutofthewardrobeintothesameemptyroomfromwhichthewholeadvearted。Sheshutthewardrhtlybehindherandlookedaround,pantiwasstillrainingandshecouldhearthevoicesoftheothersinthepassage。

“I'mhere,”sheshouted。“I'mhere。I'veebaallright。”

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