O tABLE?

    JILL felt sometickling  o  ip-toed back to ly s  t cords t bound to   do for o be caug on, after o  it oo  so kick it in among  t buso Puzzle to follow hers.

    the Ape was speaking again.

    quot;And after a , Aslan - tas deal too good to you, coming out every nigo be looked at,  see! ell,  coming out any more.”

    s o t suddenly a quite different voice broke in h a loud laugh.

    quot; t; it sed. quot;e knoo  bring . Ill tell you   an old donkey s back. No and   knoo do.”

    tirian could not see t  e certain of it ;Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do! Dont knoo do-o-o!”

    quot;Silence!quot; tarkaan. quot;Silence, cen to  me, you ot I give command to my o fall upon you  old you of t  tasable! Do you? Beware, beware.”

    quot;No, no,quot; sed most of t t;ts rig it. Come on, Monkey, ss in table, seeing is  believing.”

    ts quiet t;You D you? But not so fast. I never said you couldnt see tashlan.  Anyone who likes can see him.”

    t. ter nearly a minute, t;I dont quite understand all t; it grumbled, quot;I t you said -”

    quot;You t!quot; repeated t;As if anyone could call as  coming  out. You o go in and see him.”

    quot;O; said dozens of voices. quot;ts ed!

    e can go in and see o face. And no used to be.quot; And ttered, and tedly. t stirring and a noise of creatures rising to t, and in a  second t of trying to croo table  door all toget ted:  quot;Get back! Quiet! Not so fast.”

    ts stopped, many of tails h heads on one side.

    quot;I t you said,quot; began t S interrupted.

    quot;Anyone can go in,quot; ;But, one at a time. ?  say  since .   muco go into t stable myself tonig just as you please. o go  in first? Dont blame me if s you into a cinder error of s your affair. No?  about one of you  Dwarfs?”

    quot;Dilly, dilly, come and be killed!quot; sneered Griffle. quot;  youve got in there?”

    quot;; cried t;So youre beginning to ts ruck you all  dumb?

    ?”

    But ts all stood looking at one anotable.

    Very feails o and fro jeering at  t;; ;I t you o see taso  face! Changed your mind, eh?”

    tirian bent o  Jill rying to able?quot; s;; said tirian.  quot;t, one on eac; quot;You dont t; said Jill, quot;it mig ; quot;tas; ;t courage, crue Aslan.”

    t surprising t said in a cool, clear  voice, not at all as if ed, quot;Ill go in, if you like.”

    Every creature turned and fixed its eyes on t. quot;Mark tleties, Sire,quot; said Poggin to t;t is in t, in tre of  it. ever is in table

    again and say t he has seen some wonder.”

    But tirian ime to anso come  forward.

    quot;; said t;So you, a pert Puss,  blame me if he whiskers  off your face.

    ts your affair.”

    And t got up and came out of its place in tily, s tail in t one s sleek coat out of place. It  came on till it  tirian, from  table, could look rigo its face. Its big  green eyes never blinked. (quot;Cool as a cucumber,quot; muttered Eustace. quot;It kno o fear.quot;) ttled across beside t: put up his  paw: drew

    t and opened tirian t  purring  as it o the dark doorway.

    quot;Aii-aii-aou; t erwaul you ever heard made  everyone jump.

    You s quarrelling or making love on t: you knohe sound.

    t of table at top speed. If you  knoo the crowd.

    No one s to meet a cat in t state. You could see animals getting out  of o left and rigree, led out till it ood on end.

    quot;Id give my beard,quot; o knoe is only  acting or w  frig!”

    quot;Peace, friend,quot; said tirian, for tain and ted to  t succeed, except t ;My ; but  t t as puzzled by ts behaviour as himself.

    quot;No; said tain. quot;Enoug noise. tell t t seen.”

    quot;Aii - Aii - Aao.

    quot;Art t called a talking Beast?quot; said tain. quot;talk.”

    folloirian felt quite certain (and so did  t t rying to say somet not of   t-noises you migened old tom in a  backyard in England. And teralking Beast tle s from among ther  Animals.

    quot;Look, look!quot; said t;It cant talk. It ten  o talk! It o being a dumb beast. Look at its face.quot; Everyone sa it  rue. And test terror of all fell upon taug urned ts of Narnia into talking Beasts and  if t good t one day be turned back again and be like tless animals one meets in otries. quot;And no is coming upon us,quot; they  moaned.

    quot;Mercy! Mercy!quot; s. quot;Spare us, Lord S, stand bet alo , .”

    Ginger disappeared furto tree. No one ever saw him again.

    tirian stood  and  nigimes  it  to dra  it ter to  and see urn affairs migake. And nourn came.

    quot;My Fat; came a clear, ringing voice from t of tirian  kne once t it isrocs army t;My Masterquot; but t;My Fat;. Jill and Eustace didnt kno, after looking t, t to see t look ratall and slender, and even ratiful in ty, Calormene way.

    quot;My Fat; o tain, quot;I also desire to go in.”

    quot;Peace, Emet; said tain, quot;o counsel? Does it  become a boy to speak?”

    quot;My Fat; said Emet;truly I am younger t I also am of  tarkaans even as t, and I also am t of tasherefore . .  .”

    quot;Silence,quot; said Risarkaan. quot;Am not I tain? t noto  do able. It is for the Narnians.”

    quot;Nay, my Fat; ans;t said t tas is trutas t I o do  look once on tash.”

    quot;t a fool and understandest not; said Risarkaan. quot;tters.”

    Emeterner. quot;Is it t true t tas; he asked.

    quot;o us?”

    quot;Of course t; said the Ape.

    quot;S, Ape,quot; said Emeth.

    quot;O; ;I hering me. My head  does ache.

    Yes, yes, I s.”

    quot;t; said Emet;I am utterly determined to go in.”

    quot;Fool,quot; began Risarkaan, but at once ting: quot;Come  along, Darkie.  you let  Narnians in and keep your  o?   in t you dont  your oo meet?”

    tirian and arkaan, so t ;Bear  ness all t I am guiltless of t te.”

    t as Ginger o trip of grass betable. , and  like crying   love tter god  tash.”

    quot;I do ; said Eustace.

    Emet in, into table. s passed - but it seemed longer before  t, fell on its back,  and lay still: t. tain leaped to and bent doo stare  at its face. art of surprise. turned to t:  quot;tasake  warning, all of you.”

    quot;e ; said ts. But tirian and ared  at t one anot  t see: t  Emete different: an older man, t so tall, h a big  beard.

    quot;; c;Any more? Anyone else  to go in? ell,  as youre all s. You, you Boar! On you come. Drive aso face.”

    quot;O-o-mp; grunted to . quot;Come on, try my tusks.”

    irian sa brave Beast getting ready to figs life - and  Calormene soldiers beginning to close in on it ars - and no  one going to its o burst inside  moment to interfere or not.

    quot;S,quot; o t;Arroring. Follow.”

    Next moment tonis  of table, four of t as   above  voice:  quot;and I, tirian of Narnia, in Aslans name, to prove  tasraitor, and to my side, all true Narnians. ould you  till your neers have killed you all  one by one?”