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chater three the ailg f the kg（第2页）
“Tu-whoo，tu-whoo！”saidtheOwl，rufflingoutitsfeathers。“Thisisalmosttoomuchforme，soearlyintheevening。I’mnotquitemyselftillthesun’sdown。”
“Andwe’vebeensenttofindthelostPrince，”saidJill，whohadbeenanxiouslywaitingtogetintotheconversation。
“It’sthefirstI’veheardaboutit，”saidEustace。“Whatprince？”
“YouhadbettercomeandspeaktotheLordRegentatonce，”itsaid。“That’shim，overthereinthedonkeycarriage；TrumpkintheDwarf。”Thebirdturnedandbeganleadingtheway，mutteringtoitself，“Whoo！Tu-whoo！Whatato-do！Ican’tthinkclearlyyet。It’stooearly。”
“WhatistheKing’sname？”askedEustace。
“CaspiantheTenth，”saidtheOwl。AndJillwonderedwhyScrubbhadsuddenlypulledupshortinhiswalkandturnedanextraordinarycolour。Shethoughtshehadneverseenhimlooksosickaboutanything。Butbeforeshehadtimetoaskanyquestionstheyhadreachedthedwarf，whowasjustgatheringupthereinsofhisdonkeyandpreparingtodrivebacktothecastle。Thecrowdofcourtiershadbrokenupandweregoinginthesamedirection，byonesandtwosandlittleknots，likepeoplecomingawayfromwatchingagameorarace。
“Tu-whoo！Ahem！LordRegent，”saidtheOwl，stoopingdownalittleandholdingitsbeakneartheDwarf’sear。
“Heh？What’sthat？”saidtheDwarf。
“Twostrangers，mylord，”saidtheOwl。
“Rangers！Whatd’yemean？”saidtheDwarf。“Iseetwouncommonlygrubbyman-cubs。Whatdotheywant？”
“Myname’sJill，”saidJill，pressingforward。Shewasveryeagertoexplaintheimportantbusinessonwhichtheyhadcome。
“Thegirl’scalledJill，”saidtheOwl，asloudasitcould。
“What’sthat？”saidtheDwarf。“Thegirlsareallkilled！Idon’tbelieveawordofit。Whatgirls？Whokilled’em？”
“Onlyonegirl，mylord，”saidtheOwl。“HernameisJill。”
“Speakup，speakup，”saidtheDwarf。“Don’tstandtherebuzzingandtwitteringinmyear。Who’sbeenkilled？”
“Nobody’sbeenkilled，”hootedtheOwl。
“Who？”
“Nobody。”
allthat。Whatdoyoumeanbycomingheretotellmethatnobody’sbeenkilled？Whyshouldanyonehavebeenkilled？”
“BettertellhimI’mEustace，”saidScrubb。
“Theboy’sEustace，mylord，”hootedtheOwlasloudasitcould。
“Useless？”saidtheDwarfirritably。“Idaresayheis。Isthatanyreasonforbringinghimtocourt？Hey？”
“Notuseless，”saidtheOwl。“Eustace。”
“Usedtoit，ishe？Idon’tknowwhatyou’retalkingabout，I’msure。Itellyouwhatitis，MasterGlimfeather；whenIwasayoungDwarfthereusedtobetalkingbeastsandbirdsinthiscountrywhoreallycouldtalk。Therewasn’tallthismumblingandmutteringandwhispering。Itwouldn’thavebeentoleratedforamoment。Notforamoment，Sir。Urnus，mytrumpetplease—”
AlittleFaunwhohadbeenstandingquietlybesidetheDwarf’selbowallthistimenowhandedhimasilvereartrumpet。Itwasmadelikethemusicalinstrumentcalledaserpent，sothatthetubecurledrightroundtheDwarf’sneck。WhilehewasgettingitsettledtheOwl，Glimfeather，suddenlysaidtothechildreninawhisper：“Mybrain’sabitclearernow。Don’tsayanythingaboutthelostPrince。I’llexplainlater。Itwouldn’tdo，wouldn’tdo，Tu-Whoo！Ohwhatato-do！”
“Now，”saidtheDwarf，“ifyouhaveanythingsensibletosay，MasterGlimfeather，tryandsayit。Takeadeepbreathanddon’tattempttospeaktooquickly。”
Withhelpfromthechildren，andinspiteofafitofcoughingonthepartoftheDwarf，GlimfeatherexplainedthatthestrangershadbeensentbyAslantovisitthecourtofNarnia。TheDwarfglancedquicklyupatthemwithanewexpressioninhiseyes。
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