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CHAPTERTWELVETHEDARKISLAND
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&hisadveheysailedonsouthandalittleeastfortwelvedayswithageheskiesbeingmostlydtheairwarm,andsawnobirdorfish,exceptthatohereoutingalongwaytostarboard.LudReepicheepplayedagooddealofchessatthistime.Theeenthday,Edmund,fromthefightingtop,sightedwhatlookedlikeagreatdarkmoutoftheseaobow.
&ereddmadeforthisland,mostlybyoar,forthewindwouldosail.WheneveheywerestillalongwayfromitandrowedallmtheweatherwasfairbutaflatcalThedarkmasslayahead,mueareraillverydim,sothatsomethoughtitwasstillalongwayoffahoughttheywererunningintoamist.
Aboutm,verysuddenly,itwassoclosethattheycouldseethatitwasnotlandatall,noreven,inanordi.ItwasaDarkisratherhardtodescribe,butyouaslikeifyouimagineyourselflookingihofarailwaytuuhersolongorsotwistythatyouotseethelightatthefarend.Andyouknoouldbelike.Forafewfeetyouwouldseetherailsandsleepersandgravelinbroaddaylight;thentherewouldeaplacewheretheywereintwilight;aysuddenly,butofcoursedividiheywouldvanishaltogetherintosmooth,solidblaess.Itwasjustsohere.Forafewfeetinfroheycouldseetheswellreeer.Beyondthat,theycouldseethewaterlookingpaleandgrayasitwouldlooklateibeyondthatagain,utterblaessasiftheyhadetotheedgeofmooarlessnight.
shoutedtotheboatswaintokeepherbadallexcepttherowersrushedfazedfromthebows.ButtherewasnothingtobeseenbygazihemwastheseaandthesuheDarkness.
“Dowegointothis?”
askedatlength.
“Notbymyadvice,”
saidDrinian.
&ainht,”
saidseveralsailors.
“Ialmostthinkheis,”
saidEdmund.
LudEusta'tspeakbuttheyfeltverygladiurnthiaking.ButallatoheclearvoiceofReepicheepbrokeinuponthesilence.
“Andwhynot?”
hesaid.“Willsomeoomewhynot.”
Noonewasanxioustoexplain,soReepitinued:“IfIwereaddressisorslaves,”
hesaid,“Imightsupposethatthissuggestionprocowardice.ButIhopeitwilloldinNarniathatapanyofnobleandroyalpersonsintheflowereturailbecausetheywereafraidofthedark.”
“Butwhatmanbeploughingthroughthatblaess?”
askedDrinian.
“Use?”
repliedReepicheep.“Use,?Ifbyuseyoumeanfillingourbelliesorourpurses,Ifessitwillbeall.SofarasIksetsailtsusefulbuttoseekhonouraure.AndhereisasgreataureaseverIheardof,aurnbaotittleimpeatofallourhonours.”
&hesailorssaidthiheirbreaththatsoundedlike“Honourbeblowed”
,butsaid:
“Oh,botheryou,Reepicheep.Ialmostwishwe'dleftyouathht!Ifyouputitthatoseweshallhavetogoon.UnlessLucywouldrathernot?”
Lucyfeltthatshewouldverymuchrathernot,butwhatshesaidoutloudwas,“I'mgame.”
“YourMajestywillatleasthts?”
saidDrinian.
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