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第1169章 The Silver Chair(22)

“That is a very good answer, Human Child. Do so no ore. And now” (here for the first time the Lion’s face ecame a little less stern) “the boy is safe. I have blown him o Narnia. But your task will be the harder because of what ou have done.”

“Please, what task, Sir?” said Jill.

“The task for which I called you and him here out of your wn world.”

This puzzled Jill ver y much. “It‘s mistaking me for omeone else,” she thought. She didn’t dare to tell the ion this, though she felt things would get into a dreadful uddle unless she did.

“Speak your thought, Human Child,” said the Lion.

“I was wondering.I mean.could there be some istake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. was we who asked to come here. Scrubb said we were to all to.to Somebody.it was a name I wouldn‘t know. nd perhaps the Somebody would let us in. And we did, and hen we found the door open.’

“You would not have called to me unless I had been alling to you,” said the Lion.

“Then you are Somebody, Sir?” said Jill.