-butt, , andtherewasadark, , , , anotherwasholdingapieceofred-hotmetalontheanvilwithapairoftongs, afourthwashammeringit, andtwo, wipingtheirhornylittlehandsonagreasycloth, , butwhentheydid, theyallcried—“LonglivetheKing,” andtheirgiftswerenoble—, buthesaidhewasabeast, hewas, andifhisclawsandteethcouldnotkeephisskinwhole, itwasn', andhegladlyacceptedtheDwarf-madeswordinsteadofhisown, whichlooked, incomparison, (whowereallRedDwarfs) promisedtocometothefeastatDancingLawn.
Alittlefartheron, inadry, , butintheendtheeldestofthemsaid, “IfheisagainstMiraz, we'llhavehimforKing.” Andthenextoldestsaid, “Shallwegofartherupforyou, uptothecrags? There'sanOgreortwoandaHagthatwecouldintroduceyouto, upthere.”
“Certainlynot,” saidCaspian.
“Ishouldthinknot, indeed,” saidTrufflehunter.“Wewantnoneofthatsortonourside.” Nikabrikdisagreedwiththis, , aswellastheniceones, hadsomedescendantsinNarniastill.
“WeshouldnothaveAslanforfriendifwebroughtinthatrabble,” saidTrufflehunterastheycameawayfromthecaveoftheBlackDwarfs.
“Oh, Aslan!” saidTrumpkin, cheerilybutcontemptuously.“Whatmattersmuchmoreisthatyouwouldn'thaveme.”
“DoyoubelieveinAslan?” saidCaspiantoNikabrik.
“I'llbelieveinanyoneoranything,” saidNikabrik, “that', AslanortheWhiteWitch, doyouunderstand?”
“Silence, silence,” saidTrufflehunter.“.”
“NottoDwarfs, shewasn't,” saidNikabrik.
, ', “Glenstorm! Glenstorm!” , breakingandtramplingthethickets, therecameinsightthenoblestcreaturesthatCaspianhadyetseen, -gazerandknewwhattheyhadcomeabout.
