ThentheDrumbegan: notaDwarfdrumthistime, butabigbull'—boom—: butitwouldbealloverwiththemifnewenemiesappeared.
, whetherthroughtreacheryorinhonestfearof“Tashlan“.Othersweresittingstill, staring, : , severalofthemhadjustcreptquietlyawayduringthefighting.
Boom—boom—.“Listen! ” saidJewel: andthen “Look! ” , withtossingheads, widenednostrils, andwavingmanes, .
—foramomentJillcouldhardlybelievehereyes—.
“LittleSwine, ” shriekedEustace, dancinginhisrage.“Dirty, filthy, treacherouslittlebrutes.” EvenJewelsaid, “ShallIrunafterthoseDwarfs, Sire, andspittenofthemonmyhornateachplunge? ” ButTirianwithhisfaceassternasstone, said, “Standfast, , sweetheart (thiswastoJill), , , .”
ButtheDwarfsjeeredbackatEustace.“Thatwasasurpriseforyou, littleboy, eh? Thoughtwewereonyourside, didyou? '''.”
RishdaTarkaanwasstilltalkingtohismen, , totheirhorror, Tirianandhisfriendsheard, farfainterasiffromalongwayoff, ''sfacethathehadnowgivenupallhope.
“Listen, ” hewhisperedinamatter-of-factvoice, “wemustattacknow, beforeyondermiscreantsarestrengthenedbytheirfriends.”
“Bethinkyou, Sire, ” saidPoggin, “, shallwenotbeencircledandgetsword-pointsbetweenourshoulders? ”
“Iwouldsayasyoudo, Dwarf, ” saidTirian.“Wereitnottheirveryplantoforceusintothestable? Thefurtherwearefromitsdeadlydoor, thebetter.”
“TheKingisright, ” saidFarsight.“Awayfromthisaccursedstable, andwhatevergoblinlivesinsideit, atallcosts.”
“Yes, dolet's, ” saidEustace.“I'mcomingtohatetheverysightofit.”
“Good, ” saidTirian.“, maiden, shallmoveoutonourleftandshootasfastaseveryoumayintotheirranks: andyou, Eagle, , Jill, thatyoucannolongershootatthemforfearofstrikingus, , , , thenrushtojoinJillatthewhiterock, , beoff, Jill.”
Feelingterriblyalone, Jillranoutabouttwentyfeet, putherrightlegbackandherleftlegforward, .“'That'sarottenshot! ” : .', andthenanother, , andanotherhitaNarnianwolf, whohad, itseemed, 'stusksandJewel'shorn, andwithdeepbayingfromthedogs, Tirianandhispartywererushingontheirenemies, likemeninahundredyards' '.
“! ” '' (whoafteralldidn'tknowverymuchaboutswordsmanship) ' ! Itwasvictoryatlast—Withahorrible, -stroke, , 'svoicecrying: “Back! Totherock! ”
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