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CHAPTER EIGHT TWO NARROW ESCAPES（第2页）

ButallthetimeDriniaeeriarboard，liketiresomepeopleincarswhoueatfortymilesanhourwhileyouareexplainiheyareroad。

“They&#ht，Drinian，”said。“Whydon'tyherheadroundahewesternstream?”

“AsyourMajestypleases，”saidDrinialy。Hehadhadananxiousdaywiththeweatheryesterday，andhedidn'tlikeadvieeredditturerwardthatitwasagoodthinghedid。

Bythetimetheyhadfiering，therainiahePevensies，andReepicheep，decidedtotothetopofthehillacouldbeseen。Itwasastiffishclimbthrrassaheysawherma，exceptseagulls。Whehetoptheysawthatitwasaverysmallisland，wentyadfromthisheightthesealerahanitdidfromthedeck，oreveingtop，oftheDa>

“Crazy，youknow，”saidEustacetoLualowvoigattheeasternhorizon。“Sailingonandonintothatwithwemaygetto。”Butheonlysaiditoutofhabit，ilyashewouldhavedoime。

Itwastoocoldtostaylongeforthewindstillblewfreshlyfromthenorth。

“Don'tlet'sgobackthesameway，”saidLucyastheytur'sgoalongabitandedowream，theoneDrio。”

Everyohisafifteeheywereatthesourceofthesedriver。Itwasamplatheyhadexpected;adeeplittlemountainlake，surroundedbycliffsexceptforanarrowtheseawardsideoutofwhichthewaterflowed。Hereatlasttheywereoutofthewind，andallsatdowherabovethecliffforarest。

AllsatdowwasEdmund）jumpedupagainveryquickly。

“Theygoinforsharpstohisisland，”hesaid，gropingaboutiher。“Whereisthewretg?。。。Ah，nowI'vegotit。。。Hullo!Itwasn'tastoall，it'sasword-hilt。No，byjove，it'sahattherusthasleftofit。Itmusthavelainherefes。”

“Narnian，too，bythelookofit，”said，astheyallcrowdedround。

“I'msittioo，”saidLuethinghard。”Itturobetheremainsofamail-shirt。Bythistimeeveryonewasonhandsandkhethickheatheriion。Theirsearchrevealed，onebyo，adagger，andafewegenuineNarnian“Lions”and“Trees”suightseeanydayi-placeofBeaversdamorBeruna。

“Looksasifthismightbeallthat'sleftofoneofoursevenlords，”saidEdmund。

“JustwhatIwasthinking，”said。“Ias。There'snothioshohedied。”

“Aoavengehim，”addedReepicheep。

&heohepartywhohadreadseveraldetectivestories，hadmeahinking。

“Lookhere，”hesaid，“there'ssomethingveryfishyaboutthis。He'thavebeenkilledinafight。”

“Whynot?”asked。

“Nobones，”saidEdmund。“Atakethearmorahebody。Butwhoeverheardofachapwho'dwonafightgawaythebodyahearmor?”

“Perhapshewaskilledbyawildanimal，”Lucysuggested。

“It'dbeaimal，”saidEdmund，“thatwouldtakeaman'smailshirtoff。”

“Perhapsadragon?”said。

“Nothingdoing，”saidEustace。“Adragon'tdoit。Ioughttoknow。”

&'sgetawayfromtheplayway，”saidLucy。Shehadlikesittingdownagainsindhadraisedthequestionofbones。

“Ifyoulike，”said，gettingup。“Idon'tthinkanyofthisstuffiswa>

Theyandrouleopereamcameoutofthelake，andstoodlookierwithinthecircleofcliffs。Ifithadbeenahotday，nodoubtsomewouldhavebeeheandeveryonewouldhavehadadrink。Iwas，EustatheverypointofstoopingdoierinhishandswhenReepidLucybothatthesamemomentcried，“Look，”sotabouthisdrinkandlooked。

&omofthepoolwasmaderayish-bluestoheerfectlydoomlayalife-sizefigureofamalyofgold。Itlayfawardswithitsarmsstretchedoutaboveitshead。Anditsohappeastheylookedatit，thecloudspartedandthesuhegoldeupfromendtoend。Lucythoughtitwasthemostbeautifulstatueshehadeverseen。

“Well!”whistled。“Thatwaswtosee!Iwonder，wegetitout?”

“Wediveforit，Sire，”saidReepicheep。

“Nogoodatall，”saidEdmu，ifit&#old—solidgold—it'llbefartooheavytup。Andthatpool'stwelveorfiftee'saninch。Halfamoment，though。It'sagoodthingI&#htahuhme。Let'sseethislike。Holdontomyhand，，whileIleaerabit。”tookhishandandEdmund，leaningfantolowerhisspearier。