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CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE THREE SLEEPERS（第2页）

“Itmustbeaedsleep，”saidLucy。“Ifeltthemomentwelahisislandthatitwasfullofmagic。Oh!doyouthinkseheretobreakit?”

&ry，”said，andbeganshakiofthethreesleepers。Foramomehoughthewasgoingtobesuccessful，forthemahedhardandmuttered，“I'llgoeastwardoarsforNarnia。”Buthesankbackalmostatooayetdeepersleepthais，hisheavyheadsaggedafewiowardthetableaorousehimagaihtheseditwasmuchthesame。“Weren'tborntolivelikeaheeastwhileyou'veadsbehindthesun，”andsankdowhirdonlysaid，“Mustard，please，”ahard。

“OutoarsforNarnia，eh?”saidDrinian。

“Yes，”said，“yht，Drinian。Ithia'slookattheirrihesearetheirdevices。ThisistheLordRevilian。ThisistheLoz:andthis，theLordMavramorn。”

“Butwe'twakethem，”saidLucy。“Whatarewetodo?”

“BeggingyourMajesties'pardonsall，”saidRhiwhynotfalltowhileyou'redisgit?Wedon'tseeadihiseveryday。”

“Notforyourlife!”said。

“That&#ht，that&#ht，”saidseveralofthesailors。

“Toomuchmagicabouthere。Thesoonerwe'rebaboardthebetter。”

“Dependuponit，”saidReepicheep，“itwasfromeatingthisfoodthatthesethreelordscamebyasevenyears'sleep。”

“Iwouldn'ttouylife，”saidDrinian。

&'sgoingunonquick，”saidRynelf。

“Backtoship，backtoship，”mutteredthemen。

&hink，”saidEdmund，“they&#ht。Wedecidewhattodowiththethreesleeperstomorrow。Wedarehefoodandthere'snopointinstayihenight。Thewholeplacesmellsofmagiger。”

“IamentirelyofKingEdmund'sopinion，”saidReepicheep，“asfarasstheship'spaImyselfwillsitatthistabletillsunrise。”

“Whyoh?”saidEustace。

“Because，”saidtheMouse，“thisisaverygreatadventure，andomesogreatasthatofkbaiathatIleftamysterybehihroughfear。”

“I'llstaywithyou，Reep，”saidEdmund。

“AndItoo，”said。

“Andme，”saidLudtheeeredalso。Thiswasverybraveofhimbeeverhavingreadofsugsorevehemtillhejoireadermadeitworseforhimthahers。

“Ibeseeajesty—”beganDrinian。

“No，myLord，”said。“Yourplaceiswiththeship，andyouhavehadaday'sefivehaveidled。”Therewasalumentaboutthisbutintheendhadhisway。Asthecrewmarchedofftotheshoreiheringduskhefivewatchers，exceptperhapsReepicheep，couldavoidacoldfeeliomach。

&ooksometimegtheirseatsattheperiloustable。Probablyeveryohesamereasonbutoutloud。Foritwasreallyarathernastyecouldhardlybeartositallhosethreeterriblehairyobjectswhiotdead，werelyheordiheotherhand，tositatthefarend，sothatyouwouldseethemlessahenightgrewdarker，andwouldn'tknowiftheyweremoving，andperhapswouldn'tseethematallbyabouttwoo'o，itwasof。Sotheysaunteredroundandrouablesaying，“Whatabouthere?”and“Orperhapsabitfurtheron，”or，“Whynotonthisside?”tillatlasttheysettleddowthemiddlebuthesleepersthaherend。Itwasabouttenbynowandalmostdark。Theioheeast。LucywouldhavelikeditbetteriftheyhadbeentheLeopardandtheShipandotheroldfriendsoftheNarniansky。

Theyedthemselvesintheirseadsatstillafirsttheretattalkbutitdidn'tudtheysatandsat。Aheyheardthewavesbreakingonthebeach。

&hatseemedlikeagesthereeheyallkheyhadbeendozibeforebutwereallsuddehestarswereallinquitedifferentpositionsfromthosetheyhadlastheskywasveryblackexceptforthefaipossiblegrayheeast。Theywerecold，thoughthirsty，andstiff。Ahemspokebeowatlastsomethingening。

&hem，beyondthepillars，therewastheslopeofalowhill。Andnoehehillside，andlightappearedinthedoorway，andafigurecameout，andthedoorshutbehindit。Thefigurecarriedalight，andthislightwasreallyallthattheycouldseedistinctly。Itcameslowlyneareralastitsthtatthetableoppositetothem。Nowtheycouldseethatitwasatallgirl，dressedinasingleloofclearbluewhichleftherarmsbare。Shewasbareheadedandheryelldownherbadwhentheylookedathertheythoughttheyhadneverbeforeknowymeant。

&whichshehadbeengwasatallasilverdlestickwhiowsetupoable。Iftherehadbeenanywindofftheseaearlierimusthavedieddownbynow，fortheflameofthedleburraightandstillasifitwereinaroomsshutaainsdrawn。Goldahetableshoslight。