Хроники Нарнии
Turkish Delight
Iverymuchwanttoknowyourcharmingrelations.YouaretobethePrinceand-lateron-theKing;thatisunderstood.Butyoumusthavecourtiersandnobles.IwillmakeyourbrotheraDukeandyoursistersDuchesses."
"There’snothingspecialaboutthem,"saidEdmund,"and,anyway,Icouldalwaysbringthemsomeothertime."
"Ah,butonceyouwereinmyhouse,"saidtheQueen,"youmightforgetallaboutthern.Youwouldbeenjoyingyourselfsomuchthatyouwouldn’twantthebotherofgoingtofetchthem.No.Youmustgobacktoyourowncountrynowandcometomeanotherday,withthem,youunderstand.Itisnogoodcomingwithoutthem."
"ButIdon’tevenknowthewaybacktomyowncountry,"pleadedEdmund."That’seasy,"answeredtheQueen."Doyouseethatlamp?"ShepointedwithherwandandEdmundturnedandsawthesamelamp-postunderwhichLucyhadmettheFaun."Straighton,beyondthat,isthewaytotheWorldofMen.Andnowlooktheotherway"-hereshepointedintheoppositedirection-"andtellmeifyoucanseetwolittlehillsrisingabovethetrees."
"IthinkIcan,"saidEdmund.
"Well,myhouseisbetweenthosetwohills.Sonexttimeyoucomeyouhaveonlytofindthelamp-postandlookforthosetwohillsandwalkthroughthewoodtillyoureachmyhouse.Butremember-youmustbringtheotherswithyou.Imighthavetobeveryangrywithyouifyoucamealone."
"I’lldomybest,"saidEdmund.
"And,bytheway,"saidtheQueen,"youneedn’ttellthemaboutme.
