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chater elve the dark ind（第2页）
Suddenly，fromsomewhere-noone’ssenseofdirectionwasveryclearbynow-therecameacry，eitherofsomeinhumanvoiceorelseavoiceofoneinsuchextremityofterrorthathehadalmostlosthishumanity．
Caspianwasstilltryingtospeak-hismouthwastoodry-whentheshrillvoiceofReepicheep，whichsoundedlouderthanusualinthatsilence，washeard．
“Whocalls？”itpiped．“Ifyouareafoewedonotfearyou，andifyouareafriendyourenemiesshallbetaughtthefearofus．”
“Mercy！”criedthevoice．“Mercy！Evenifyouareonlyonemoredream，havemerry．Takemeonboard．Takeme，evenifyoustrikemedead．Butinthenameofallmerciesdonotfadeawayandleavemeinthishorribleland．”
“Whereareyou？”shoutedCaspian．“Comeaboardandwelcome．”
Therecameanothercry，whetherofjoyorterror，andthentheyknewthatsomeonewasswimmingtowardsthem．
“Standbytoheavehimup，men，”saidCaspian．
“Aye，aye，yourMajesty，”saidthesailors．Severalcrowdedtotheportbulwarkwithropesandone，leaningfaroutovertheside，heldthetorch．Awild，whitefaceappearedintheblacknessofthewater，andthen，aftersomescramblingandpulling，adozenfriendlyhandshadheavedthestrangeronboard．
Edmundthoughthehadneverseenawilder-lookingman．Thoughhedidnototherwiselookveryold，hishairwasanuntidymopofwhite，hisfacewasthinanddrawn，and，forclothing，onlyafewwetragshungabouthim．Butwhatonemainlynoticedwerehiseyes，whichweresowidelyopenedthatheseemedtohavenoeyelidsatall，andstaredasifinanagonyofpurefear．Themomenthisfeetreachedthedeckhesaid：
“Fly！Fly！Aboutwithyourshipandfly！Row，row，rowforyourlivesawayfromthisaccursedshore．”
“Composeyourself，”saidReepicheep，“andtelluswhatthedangeris．Wearenotusedtoflying．”
ThestrangerstartedhorriblyatthevoiceoftheMouse，whichhehadnotnoticedbefore．
“Neverthelessyouwillflyfromhere，”hegasped．“ThisistheIslandwhereDreamscometrue．”
“That’stheislandI’vebeenlookingforthislongtime，”saidoneofthesailors．“IreckonedI’dfindIwasmarriedtoNancyifwelandedhere．”
“AndI’dfindTomaliveagain，”saidanother．
“Fools！”saidtheman，stampinghisfootwithrage．“Thatisthesortoftalkthatbroughtmehere，andI’dbetterhavebeendrownedorneverborn．DoyouhearwhatIsay？Thisiswheredreams-dreams，doyouunderstand，cometolife，comereal．Notdaydreams：dreams．”
Therewasabouthalfaminute’ssilenceandthen，withagreatclatterofarmour，thewholecrewweretumblingdownthemainhatchasquickastheycouldandflingingthemselvesontheoarstorowastheyhadneverrowedbefore；andDrinianwasswingingroundthetiller，andtheboatswainwasgivingoutthequickeststrokethathadeverbeenheardatsea．Forithadtakeneveryonejustthathalfminutetoremembercertaindreamstheyhadhad-dreamsthatmakeyouafraidofgoingtosleepagain-andtorealizewhatitwouldmeantolandonacountrywheredreamscometrue．
OnlyReepicheepremainedunmoved．
“YourMajesty，yourMajesty，”hesaid，“areyougoingtotoleratethismutiny，thispoltroonery？Thisisapanic，thisisarout．”
“Row，row，”bellowedCaspian．“Pullforallourlives．Isherheadright，Drinian？Youcansaywhatyoulike，Reepicheep．Therearesomethingsnomancanface．”
“Itis，then，mygoodfortunenottobeaman，”repliedReepicheepwithaverystiffbow．
Lucyfromupalofthadhearditall．Inaninstantthatoneofherowndreamswhichshehadtriedhardesttoforgetcamebacktoherasvividlyasifshehadonlyjustwokenfromit．Sothatwaswhatwasbehindthem，ontheisland，inthedarkness！ForasecondshewantedtogodowntothedeckandbewithEdmundandCaspian．Butwhatwastheuse？Ifdreamsbegancomingtrue，EdmundandCaspianthemselvesmightturnintosomethinghorriblejustasshereachedthem．Shegrippedtherailofthefightingtopandtriedtosteadyherself．Theywererowingbacktothelightashardastheycould：itwouldbeallrightinafewseconds．Butoh，ifonlyitcouldbeallrightnow！
Thoughtherowingmadeagooddealofnoiseitdidnotquiteconcealthetotalsilencewhichsurroundedtheship．
