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chater ne the ind f the vice（第1页）
ANDnowthewindswhichhadsolongbeenfromthenorth-westbegantoblowfromthewestitselfandeverymorningwhenthesunroseoutoftheseathecurvedprowoftheDawnTreaderstooduprightacrossthemiddleofthesun．SomethoughtthatthesunlookedlargerthanitlookedfromNarnia，butothersdisagreed．Andtheysailedandsailedbeforeagentleyetsteadybreezeandsawneitherfishnorgull-norshipnorshore．Andstoresbegantogetlowagain，anditcreptintotheirheartsthatperhapstheymighthavecometoaseawhichwentonforever．Butwhentheverylastdayonwhichtheythoughttheycouldriskcontinuingtheireastwardvoyagedawned，itshowed，rightaheadbetweenthemandthesunrise，alowlandlyinglikeacloud．
Theymadeharbourinawidebayaboutthemiddleoftheafternoonandlanded．Itwasaverydifferentcountryfromanytheyhadyetseen．Forwhentheyhadcrossedthesandybeachtheyfoundallsilentandemptyasifitwereanuninhabitedland，
butbeforethemtherewerelevellawnsinwhichthegrasswasassmoothandshortasitusedtobeinthegroundsofagreatEnglishhousewheretengardenerswerekept．Thetrees，ofwhichthereweremany，allstoodwellapartfromoneanother，andtherewerenobrokenbranchesandnoleaveslyingontheground．Pigeonssometimescooedbuttherewasnoothernoise．
Presentlytheycametoalong，straight，sandedpathwithnotaweedgrowingonitandtreesoneitherhand．Faroffattheotherendofthisavenuetheynowcaughtsightofahouse—verylongandgreyandquiet—lookingintheafternoonsun．
AlmostassoonastheyenteredthispathLucynoticedthatshehadalittlestoneinhershoe．Inthatunknownplaceitmighthavebeenwiserforhertoasktheotherstowaitwhileshetookitout．Butshedidn’t；shejustdroppedquietlybehindandsatdowntotakeoffhershoe．Herlacehadgotintoaknot．
Beforeshehadundonetheknottheotherswereafairdistanceahead．Bythetimeshehadgotthestoneoutandwasputtingtheshoeonagainshecouldnolongerhearthem．Butalmostatoncesheheardsomethingelse．Itwasnotcomingfromthedirectionofthehouse．
Whatsheheardwasathumping．Itsoundedasifdozensofstrongworkmenwerehittingthegroundashardastheycouldwithgreatwoodenmallets．Anditwasveryquicklycomingnearer．Shewasalreadysittingwithherbacktoatree，andasthetreewasnotoneshecouldclimb，therewasreallynothingtodobuttositdeadstillandpressherselfagainstthetreeandhopeshewouldn’tbeseen．
Thump，thump，thump。。。andwhateveritwasmustbeveryclosenowforshecouldfeelthegroundshaking．Butshecouldseenothing．Shethoughtthething-orthingsmustbejustbehindher．Butthentherecameathumponthepathrightinfrontofher．Sheknewitwasonthepathnotonlybythesoundbutbecauseshesawthesandscatterasifithadbeenstruckaheavyblow．Butshecouldseenothingthathadstruckit．Thenallthethumpingnoisesdrewtogetherabouttwentyfeetawayfromherandsuddenlyceased．ThencametheVoice．
Itwasreallyverydreadfulbecauseshecouldstillseenobodyatall．Thewholeofthatpark-likecountrystilllookedasquietandemptyasithadlookedwhentheyfirstlanded．Nevertheless，onlyafewfeetawayfromher，avoicespoke．Andwhatitsaidwas：
“Mates，now’sourchance．”
Instantlyawholechorusofothervoicesreplied，“Hearhim．Hearhim．Now‘sourchance’，hesaid．Welldone，Chief．Youneversaidatruerword．”
“WhatIsay，”continuedthefirstvoice，“is，getdowntotheshorebetweenthemandtheirboat，andleteverymother’ssonlooktohisweapons．Catch’emwhentheytrytoputtosea．”
“Eh，that’stheway，”shoutedalltheothervoices．“Younevermadeabetterplan，Chief．Keepitup，Chief．Youcouldn’thaveabetterplanthanthat．”
“Lively，then，mates，lively，”saidthefirstvoice．“Offwego。
“Rightagain，Chief，”saidtheothers．“Couldn’thaveabetter
order．Justwhatweweregoingtosayourselves．Offwego．”
Immediatelythethumpingbeganagain—veryloudatfirstbutsoonfainterandfainter，tillitdiedoutinthedirectionofthesea．
Lucyknewtherewasnotimetositpuzzlingastowhattheseinvisiblecreaturesmightbe．Assoonasthethumpingnoisehaddiedawayshegotupandranalongthepathaftertheothersasquicklyasherlegswouldcarryher．Theymustatallcostsbewarned．
Whilethishadbeenhappeningtheothershadreachedthehouse．Itwasalowbuilding-onlytwostorieshighmadeofabeautifulmellowstone，many-windowed，andpartiallycoveredwithivy．EverythingwassostillthatEustacesaid，“Ithinkit’sempty，”butCaspiansilentlypointedtothecolumnofsmokewhichrosefromonechimney．
Theyfoundawidegatewayopenandpassedthroughitintoapavedcourtyard．Anditwasherethattheyhadtheirfirstindicationthattherewassomethingoddaboutthisisland．Inthemiddleofthecourtyardstoodapump，andbeneaththepumpabucket．Therewasnothingoddaboutthat．Butthepumphandlewasmovingupanddown，thoughthereseemedtobenoonemovingit．
“There’ssomemagicatworkhere，”saidCaspian．
“Machinery！”saidEustace．“Idobelievewe’vecometoacivilizedcountryatlast．”
AtthatmomentLucy，hotandbreathless，rushedintothecourtyardbehindthem．Inalowvoiceshetriedtomakethemunderstandwhatshehadoverheard．Andwhentheyhadpartlyunderstooditeventhebravestofthemdidnotlookveryhappy．
“Invisibleenemies，”mutteredCaspian．“Andcuttingusofffromtheboat．Thisisanuglyfurrowtoplough．”
“You’venoideawhatsortofcreaturestheyare，Lu？”askedEdmund．
“HowcanI，Ed，whenIcouldn’tseethem？”
“Didtheysoundlikehumansfromtheirfootsteps？”
“Ididn’thearanynoiseoffeet—onlyvoicesandthisfrightfulthuddingandthumping-likeamallet．”
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