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CHAPTER FIVE HOW HELP CAME TO THE KING（第2页）

“SoyouheRings?”saidTirian。

“No，”saidEustaeverevensawthem。Aslandiditallforusinhisoiths。”

“ButtheHighKihem，”saidTirian。

“Yes，”saidJill。“Butwedon'tthinkheusethem。WheherPevensies—KingEdmundandQueehere，Aslansaidtheywouldain。AndhesaidsomethingofthesamesorttotheHighKing，onlylo。Youmaybesurehe'llelikeashotifhe'sallowed。”

“Gosh!”saidEustace。“It'sgettinghotinthissuhere，Sire?”

“Look，”saidTirianamanyyardsawaygraybattlemehetree-tops，ae&#theycameoutinanopengrassyspace。Astreamranacrossitandonthefarsideofthestreamstoodasquat，squaretowerwithveryfewandnarrosandoneheavy-lookingdoorihatfacedthem。

Tirianlookedsharplythiswayandthattomakesurethatnoenemieswereinsight。Thehetowerandstoodstillforamomentfishinguphisbunchofkeyswhichheworeiing-dressonanarrowsilverthatwentrouwasanichofkeysthathebroughtout，foldenandmanywereriented:youcouldseeatoheywerekeysmadefsolemroomsinpalaces，ordcasketsofsweet-smellingwoodthatedroyaltreasures。Butthekeywhiowputintothelockofthedandplainandmorerudelymade。Thelockwasstiffandforamahathewouldoturnit:butatlasthedidandthedopenwithasullencreak。

“Welefriends，”saidTiriahisisthebestpalacethattheKingofNarniauests。”

Tiriaoseethatthetwershadbeenwellbroughtup。Theybothsaidandthattheyweresureitwouldbeverynice。

Asamatteroffactitartiice。Itwasratherdarkandsmelledverydamp。Therewasonlyoneroominitandthisrhtuptothestoneroof:awoodenstaireerleduptoatrapdoorbywhichyoucouldgetoutolements。Therewereafewrudebunkstosleepin，amanylodbuherewasalsoahearthwhichlookedasifnobodyhadlitafireinitfreatmanyyears。

“We'dbettergooutandgathersomefirew，hadn'twe?”saidJill。

“，rade，”saidTiriaermiheyshouldunarmed，andbegahelockers，thankfullyrememberingthathehadalwaysbeeohavethesegarrisontowersiedoomakesurethattheywerestockedwithallthihebswerethereintheirgsofoiledsilk，thesearsweregreasedagainstrust，andthearmortbrightinitsings。Buttherewassomethier。“Lookyou!”saidTiriaalongmailshirtofacuriouspatternabeforethe'seyes。

“That'sfunny-lookingmail，Sire，”saidEustace。

“Aye，lad，”saidTirian。“NoNarnianDwarfsmithiedthat。'Tismailofen，outlandishgear。Ihaveeverkeptafewsuitsofitinreadiness，forIneverknewwhenIhthavereasontowalkuheTisroc'sland。Andlookonthisstohisthereisajuiceehaverubbeditonourhandsandfaces，willmakeusbrownasenes。”

“Ohhurrah!”saidJill。“Disguise!Ilovedisguises。”

Tiriahemhowtopouroutalittleofthejuisoftheirhandsawellovertheirfaecks，rightdowntotheshoulders，aheirhands，rightuptotheelbows。Hedidthesamehimself。

&hishashardenedonus，”hesaid，“ateranditwillhingbutoilandasheswillmakeuswhiteNarniansagain。AndJill，letusgoseehowthismailshirtbeesyou。'TissomethingtoolosomuchasIfeared。DoubtlessitbelooapageiraiheirTarkaans。”

&hemailshirtstheyputos，whicharelittlerouingtighttotheheadandhaviop。ThenTiriantooklongrollsofsomewhitestuffoutofthelodwouhehelmetstilltheybecameturbans:butthelittlesteelspikestillstuthemiddle。HeaookcurvedeneswordsandlittlerouherewasnhtenoughforJill，buthegaveheralhthuntingknifewhichmightdoforasinch。

“Hastanyskillwiththebow，maiden?”saidTirian。

“Nothingworthtalkingof，”saidJill，blushing。“Scrubb'snotbad。”

“Don'tyoubelieveher，Sire，”saidEustace。“We'vebothbeenpragarcheryeversibaNarnialasttime，andshe'saboutasgoodasmenow。herofusismuch。”

&iriangaveJillabowandaquiverfullofarrows。Thebusiolightafire，forioweritstillfeltmorelikealikeanythingindoorsa。Buttheygatheringwood—thesunwasnowatitshighest—aheblazetheeytheplatolookcheerful。Dinnerwas，however，adullmeal，forthebesttheycoulddoouhehardbiscuitwhichtheyfoundinalodpouritintoboilihsalt，soastomakeakinde。Andofcoursetherewasnothingtodrinkbut>

“Iwishwe&#htapacketoftea，”saidJill。

“Oratinofcocoa，”saidEustace。

“Afirkinoodwihesetowerswouldnothavebeenamiss，”saidTirian。