CHAPTERTHREETHELONEISLANDS
“LANDinsight,”shoutedthemaninthebows。
Lucy,whohadbeentalkingtoRhihepoop,camepatteringdowntheladderandracedforward。AsshewentshewasjoinedbyEdmund,andtheyfound,DrinianandReepicheepalreadyole。Itwasa,theskyverypaleandtheseaverydarkbluewithlittlesoffoam,alewayoffoarboardbow,wastheheLoneIslah,likealowgreenhillinthesea,a,furtheroff,thegrayslopesofitssisterDoorn。
“SameoldFelimath!SameoldDoorn,”saidLucy,gherhands。“Oh—Edmund,howlongitissindIsa>
“I'veoodwhytheybelongtoNarnia,”said。“DidPetertheHighKihem?”
“Ohno,”saidEdmund。“TheywereNarniaime—inthedaysoftheWhiteWitch。”
(Bytheway,Ihaveheardhowtheseremoteislaachedtothearnia;ifIeverdo,aoryisatalliing,Imayputitiherbook。)
&oputinhere,Sire?”askedDrinian。
“Ishouldn'tthinkitwouldbemuchgoodlandih,”saidEdmund。“Itwasalmostuninhabitedinourdaysanditlooksasifitwasthesamestill。ThepeoplelivedmostlyonDoornandalittleonAvra—that'sthethirdone;you'tseeityet。Theyosheepoh。”
“Thenwe'llhavetodoublethatcape,Isuppose,”saidDrinian,“andlandonDoorn。That'llmeanrowing。”
“I'msorrywe'renotlandih,”saidLucy。“I'dliketowalkthereagain。Itwassolonely—anidofloneliness,andallgrassanddsoftseaair。”
“I'dlovetostretchmylegsnowtoo,”said。“Itellyouwhat。Whyshouldn'twegoashoreiabadthenwecouldwalkaathareaderpickusupoherside?”
Ifhadbeeheeroninthisvoyagehewouldhissuggestion;butatthemomentitseemedaone。“Ohdolet's,”saidLucy。
“You'lle,willyou?”saidtoEustaeohhishandbandaged。
“Anythihisblastedboat,”saidEustace。
“Blasted?”saidDrinian。“Howdoyoumean?”
“InacivilizedtrylikewhereI,”saidEustace,“theshipsaresobigthatwhenyou'reinsideyouwouldn'tkseaatall。”
“Inthatightjustaswellstayashore,”said。“Willyoutellthemtolowertheboat,Drinian。”
&heMouse,thetwoPevensies,aiaothebeaath。Whehadleftthemandwasbeiheyallturnedandlookedround。TheyweresurprisedathowsmalltheDawnTreaderlooked。
Lucywasofcoursebarefoot,havingkickedoffhershoeswhileswimming,butthatisnohardshipifoneisgoingtowalkondownyturf。Itwasdelightfultainaheearthandgrass,evenifatfirstthegrouobepitgupanddo,asitusuallydoesforawhileifosea。ItwasmuchwarmerherethanithadbeenonboardandLudthesaoherfeetastheycrossedit。Therewasalarksinging。
&rudandupafairlysteep,thoughloofcoursetheylookedbadtherewastheDawnTreadershibrightiandgslowlywardwithheroars。Theheridgeandcouldseehernolonger。
Doomhem,dividedfromFelimathbyaelaboutamilewide;behinditalayAvra。ThelittlewhitetownofNarrowhavenonDoornwaseasilyseen。
“Hullo!What'sthis?”saidEdmundsuddenly。
Inthegreeowhichtheyweredesgsixh-lookingmen,allarmed,weresittingbyatree。
“Don'ttellthemwhoweare,”said。
“Andpray,yourMajesty,whynot?”saidReepicheepwhohadtedtorideonLucy'sshoulder。
“Itjustoe,”replied,“thatnooneherehaveheardfromNarniaftime。It'sjustpossibletheymaynotstillaowledgeourover-lordship。InwhichcaseitmightesafetobeknownastheKing。”
“Wehaveourswords,Sire,”saidReepicheep。