chater even aravi tahbaan (第2/7页)
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"Oh,Las,do be serious,"said Aravis..Where is my father ?"
"Didn' t you know?"said Lasaraleen..He' s here,of course. He came to town yesterday and is asking about you everywhere. And to think of you and me being here together and his not knowing anything about it ! It' s the funniest thing I ever heard."And she went off into giggles.She always had been a terrible giggler,as Aravis now remembered.
"It isn' t funny at all,"she said..It' s dreadfully serious. Where can you hide me ?"
"No difficulty at all, my dear girl,"said Lasaraleen..I'll take you home. My husband' s away and no one will see you. Phew!It' s not much fun with the curtains drawn.I want to see people.There' s no point in having a new dress on if one' s to go about shut up like this."
"I hope no one heard you when you shouted out to me like that,"said Aravis.
"No,no,of course,darling,"said Lasaraleen absentmindedly..But you haven' teven told me yet what you think of the dress."
"Another thing,"said Aravis..You must tell your people to treat those two horses very respectfully. That' s part of the secret. They' re really Talking Horses from Narnia."
"Fancy !"said Lasaraleen..How exciting !And oh,darling,have you seen the barbarian queen from Narnia ? She' s staying in Tashbaan at present.They say Prince Rabadash is madly in love with her. There have been the most wonderful parties and hunts and things all this last fortnight. I can' t see that she' s so very pretty myself.But some of the Narnian men are lovely. I was taken out on a river party the day before yesterday, and I was wearing my—"
How shall we prevent your people telling everyone that you' ve got a visitor-dressed like a beggar' s brat-in your house ? It might so easily get round to my father."