波波小说

chater even aravi tahbaan（第1页）

WHAThadreallyhappenedwasthis。WhenAravissawShastahurriedawaybytheNarniansandfoundherselfalonewithtwohorseswho（verywisely）wouldn'tsayaword，sheneverlostherheadevenforamoment。ShegrabbedBree'shalterandstoodstill，holdingboththehorses;andthoughherheartwasbeatingashardasahammer，shedidnothingtoshowit。AssoonastheNarnianlordshadpassedshetriedtomoveonagain。Butbeforeshecouldtakeastep，anothercrier（"Botherallthesepeople"thoughtAravis）washeardshoutingout，"Way，way，way!WayfortheTarkheenaLasaraleen!"andimmediately，followingthecrier，camefourarmedslavesandthenfourbearerscarryingalitterwhichwasalla-flutterwithsilkencurtainsandalla-jinglewithsilverbellsandwhichscentedthewholestreetwithperfumesandflowers。Afterthelitter，femaleslavesinbeautifulclothes，andthenafewgrooms，runners，pages，andthelike。AndnowAravismadeherfirstmistake。SheknewLasaraleenquitewell-almostasiftheyhadbeenatschooltogether-becausetheyhadoftenstayedinthesamehousesandbeentothesameparties。AndAraviscouldn'thelplookinguptoseewhatLasaraleenlookedlikenowthatshewasmarriedandaverygreatpersonindeed。

Itwasfatal。Theeyesofthetwogirlsmet。AndimmediatelyLasaraleensatupinthelitterandburstoutatthetopofhervoice。

"Aravis!Whatonearthareyoudoinghere?Yourfather—"Therewasnotamomenttolose。Withoutasecond'sdelayAravisletgotheHorses，caughttheedgeofthelitter，swungherselfupbesideLasaraleenandwhisperedfuriouslyinherear。

"Shutup!Doyouhear!Shutup。Youmusthideme。Tellyourpeople—"

"Butdarling—"beganLasaraleeninthesameloudvoice。（Shedidn'tintheleastmindmakingpeoplestare;infactsheratherlikedit。）

"DowhatItellyouorI'llneverspeaktoyouagain，"hissedAravis。"Please，pleasebequick，Las。It'sfrightfullyimportant。Tellyourpeopletobringthosetwohorsesalong。PullallthecurtainsofthelitterandgetawaysomewherewhereIcan'tbefound。Anddohurry。"

"Allright，darling，"saidLasaraleeninherlazyvoice。"Here。TwoofyoutaketheTarkheena'shorses。"（Thiswastotheslaves。）"Andnowhome。Isay，darling，doyouthinkwereallywantthecurtainsdrawnonadaylikethis?Imeantosay—"ButAravishadalreadydrawnthecurtains，enclosingLasaraleenandherselfinarichandscented，butratherstuffy，kindoftent。

"Imustn'tbeseen，"shesaid。"Myfatherdoesn'tknowI'mhere。I'mrunningaway。"

"Mydear，howperfectlythrilling，"saidLasaraleen。"I'mdyingtohearallaboutit。Darling，you'resittingonmydress。Doyoumind?That'sbetter。Itisanewone。Doyoulikeit?Igotitat—"

"Oh，Las，dobeserious，"saidAravis。。Whereismyfather?"

"Didn'tyouknow?"saidLasaraleen。。He'shere，ofcourse。Hecametotownyesterdayandisaskingaboutyoueverywhere。Andtothinkofyouandmebeingheretogetherandhisnotknowinganythingaboutit!It'sthefunniestthingIeverheard。"Andshewentoffintogiggles。Shealwayshadbeenaterriblegiggler，asAravisnowremembered。

"Itisn'tfunnyatall，"shesaid。。It'sdreadfullyserious。Wherecanyouhideme?"

"Nodifficultyatall，mydeargirl，"saidLasaraleen。。I'lltakeyouhome。Myhusband'sawayandnoonewillseeyou。Phew!It'snotmuchfunwiththecurtainsdrawn。Iwanttoseepeople。There'snopointinhavinganewdressonifone'stogoaboutshutuplikethis。"

"Ihopenooneheardyouwhenyoushoutedouttomelikethat，"saidAravis。

"No，no，ofcourse，darling，"saidLasaraleenabsentmindedly。。Butyouhaven'teventoldmeyetwhatyouthinkofthedress。"

"Anotherthing，"saidAravis。。Youmusttellyourpeopletotreatthosetwohorsesveryrespectfully。That'spartofthesecret。They'rereallyTalkingHorsesfromNarnia。"

"Fancy!"saidLasaraleen。。Howexciting!Andoh，darling，haveyouseenthebarbarianqueenfromNarnia?She'sstayinginTashbaanatpresent。TheysayPrinceRabadashismadlyinlovewithher。Therehavebeenthemostwonderfulpartiesandhuntsandthingsallthislastfortnight。Ican'tseethatshe'ssoveryprettymyself。ButsomeoftheNarnianmenarelovely。Iwastakenoutonariverpartythedaybeforeyesterday，andIwaswearingmy—"

Howshallwepreventyourpeopletellingeveryonethatyou'vegotavisitor-dressedlikeabeggar'sbrat-inyourhouse?Itmightsoeasilygetroundtomyfather。"

"Nowdon'tkeeponfussing，there'sadear，"saidLasaraleen。。We'llgetyousomeproperclothesinamoment。Andhereweare!"

Thebearershadstoppedandthelitterwasbeinglowered。WhenthecurtainshadbeendrawnAravisfoundthatshewasinacourtyard-gardenveryliketheonethatShastahadbeentakenintoafewminutesearlierinanotherpartofthecity。LasaraleenwouldhavegoneindoorsatoncebutAravisremindedherinafranticwhispertosaysomethingtotheslavesaboutnottellinganyoneoftheirmistress'sstrangevisitor。

"Sorry，darling，ithadgonerightoutofmyhead，"saidLasareleen。"Here。Allofyou。Andyou，doorkeeper。Nooneistobeletoutofthehousetoday。AndanyoneIcatchtalkingaboutthisyoungladywillbefirstbeatentodeathandthenburnedaliveandafterthatbekeptonbreadandwaterforsixweeks。There。"

AlthoughLasaraleenhadsaidshewasdyingtohearAravis'sstory，sheshowednosignofreallywantingtohearitatall。Shewas，infact，muchbetterattalkingthanatlistening。SheinsistedonAravishavingalongandluxuriousbath（Calormenebathsarefamous）andthendressingherupinthefinestclothesbeforeshewouldletherexplainanything。ThefussshemadeaboutchoosingthedressesnearlydroveAravismad。SherememberednowthatLasaraleenhadalwaysbeenlikethat，interestedinclothesandpartiesandgossip。Aravishadalwaysbeenmoreinterestedinbowsandarrowsandhorsesanddogsandswimming。Youwillguessthateachthoughttheothersilly。Butwhenatlasttheywerebothseatedafterameal（itwaschieflyofthewhippedcreamandjellyandfruitandicesort）inabeautifulpillaredroom（whichAraviswouldhavelikedbetterifLasaraleen'sspoiledpetmonkeyhadn'tbeenclimbingaboutitallthetime），Lasaraleenatlastaskedherwhyshewasrunningawayfromhome。

WhenAravishadfinishedtellingherstory，Lasaraleensaid，"But，darling，whydon'tyoumarryAhoshtaTarkaan?Everyone'scrazyabouthim。MyhusbandsaysheisbeginningtobeoneofthegreatestmeninCalormen。HehasjustbeenmadeGrandViziernowoldAxarthahasdied。Didn'tyouknow?"

"Idon'tcare。Ican'tstandthesightofhim，"saidAravis。

"But，darling，onlythink!Threepalaces，andoneofthemthatbeautifulonedownonthelakeatIlkeen。Positivelyropesofpearls，I'mtold。Bathsofasses'milk。Andyou'dseesuchalotofme。"

"HecankeephispearlsandpalacesasfarasI'mconcerned，"saidAravis。

"Youalwayswereaqueergirl，Aravis，"saidLasaraleen。"Whatmoredoyouwant?"

Intheend，however，Aravismanagedtomakeherfriendbelievethatshewasinearnestandeventodiscussplans。TherewouldbenodifficultynowaboutgettingthetwohorsesoutoftheNorthgateandthenontotheTombs。Noonewouldstoporquestionagroominfineclothesleadingawarhorseandalady'ssaddlehorsedowntotheriver，andLasaraleenhadplentyofgroomstosend。Itwasn'tsoeasytodecidewhattodoaboutAravisherself。Shesuggestedthatshecouldbecarriedoutinthelitterwiththecurtainsdrawn。ButLasaraleentoldherthatlitterswereonlyusedinthecityandthesightofonegoingoutthroughthegatewouldbecertaintoleadtoquestions。

Whentheyhadtalkedforalongtime-anditwasallthelongerbecauseAravisfoundithardtokeepherfriendtothepoint-atlastLasaraleenclappedherhandsandsaid，"Oh，Ihaveanidea。Thereisonewayofgettingoutofthecitywithoutusingthegates。TheTisroc'sgarden（mayheliveforever!）runsrightdowntothewaterandthereisalittlewater-door。Onlyforthepalacepeopleofcourse-butthenyouknow，dear。"（hereshetitteredalittle）"Wealmostarepalacepeople。Isay，itisluckyforyouthatyoucametome。ThedearTisroc（mayheliveforever!）issokind。We'reaskedtothepalacealmosteverydayanditislikeasecondhome。IloveallthedearprincesandprincessesandIpositivelyadorePrinceRabadash。Imightruninandseeanyofthepalaceladiesatanyhourofthedayornight。Whyshouldn'tIslipinwithyou，afterdark，andletyououtbythewater-door?Therearealwaysafewpuntsandthingstiedupoutsideit。Andevenifwewerecaught—"

"Allwouldbelost，"saidAravis。

"Ohdarling，don'tgetsoexcited，"saidLasaraleen。。Iwasgoingtosay，evenifwewerecaughteveryonewouldonlysayitwasoneofmymadjokes。I'mgettingquitewellknownforthem。Onlytheotherday-dolisten，dear，thisisfrightfullyfunny—"

"Imeant，allwouldbelostforme，"saidAravisalittlesharply。

"Oh-ah-yes-Idoseewhatyoumean，darling。Well，canyouthinkofanybetterplan?"

Araviscouldn't，andanswered，。No。We'llhavetoriskit。Whencanwestart?"

"Oh，nottonight，"saidLasaraleen。。Ofcoursenottonight。There'sagreatfeastontonight（Imuststartgettingmyhairdoneforitinafewminutes）andthewholeplacewillbeablazeoflights。Andsuchacrowdtoo!Itwouldhavetobetomorrownight。"

ThiswasbadnewsforAravis，butshehadtomakethebestofit。TheafternoonpassedveryslowlyanditwasareliefwhenLasaraleenwentouttothebanquet，forAraviswasverytiredofhergigglingandhertalkaboutdressesandparties，weddingsandengagementsandscandals。Shewenttobedearlyandthatpartshedidenjoy:itwassonicetohavepillowsandsheetsagain。

Butthenextdaypassedveryslowly。LasaraleenwantedtogobackonthewholearrangementandkeptontellingAravisthatNarniawasacountryofperpetualsnowandiceinhabitedbydemonsandsorcerers，andshewasmadtothinkofgoingthere。。Andwithapeasantboy，too!"saidLasaraleen。。Darling，thinkofit!It'snotNice。"Aravishadthoughtofitagooddeal，butshewassotiredofLasaraleen'ssillinessbynowthat，forthefirsttime，shebegantothinkthattravellingwithShastawasreallyrathermorefunthanfashionablelifeinTashbaan。Sosheonlyreplied，。YouforgetthatI'llbenobody，justlikehim，whenwegettoNarnia。Andanyway，Ipromised。"

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