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The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

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"Where's this bally Rush got to?" said Edmund a good deal later.<br />

"I certa<strong>in</strong>ly thought we'd have struck it by now," said Peter. "But there's noth<strong>in</strong>g to do but<br />

keep on." <strong>The</strong>y both knew that the Dwarf was look<strong>in</strong>g anxiously at them, but he said<br />

noth<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

And still they trudged on and their mail shirts began to feel very hot and heavy.<br />

"What on earth?" said Peter suddenly.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y had come, without see<strong>in</strong>g it, almost to the edge <strong>of</strong> a small precipice from which<br />

they looked down <strong>in</strong>to a gorge with a river at the bottom. On the far side the cliffs rose<br />

much higher. None <strong>of</strong> the party except Edmund (and perhaps Trumpk<strong>in</strong>) was a rock<br />

climber.<br />

"I'm sorry," said Peter. "It's my fault for com<strong>in</strong>g this way. We're lost. I've never seen this<br />

place <strong>in</strong> my life before."<br />

<strong>The</strong> Dwarf gave a low whistle between his teeth.<br />

"Oh, do let's go back and go the other way," said Susan. "I knew all along we'd get lost <strong>in</strong><br />

these woods."<br />

"Susan!" said Lucy, reproachfully, "don't nag at Peter like that. It's so rotten, and he's<br />

do<strong>in</strong>g all he can."<br />

"And don't you snap at Su like that, either," said Edmund. "I th<strong>in</strong>k she's quite right."<br />

"Tubs and tortoiseshells!" exclaimed Trumpk<strong>in</strong>. "If we've got lost com<strong>in</strong>g, what chance<br />

have we <strong>of</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g our way back? And if we're to go back to the Island and beg<strong>in</strong> all over<br />

aga<strong>in</strong> - even suppos<strong>in</strong>g we could - we might as well give the whole th<strong>in</strong>g up. Miraz will<br />

have f<strong>in</strong>ished with Caspian before we get there at that rate."<br />

"You th<strong>in</strong>k we ought to go on?" said Lucy.<br />

"I'm not sure the High K<strong>in</strong>g is lost," said Trumpk<strong>in</strong>. "What's to h<strong>in</strong>der this river be<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

Rush?"<br />

"Because the Rush is not <strong>in</strong> a gorge," said Peter, keep<strong>in</strong>g his temper with some difficulty.<br />

"Your Majesty says is," replied the Dwarf, "but oughtn't you to say was? You knew this<br />

country hundreds - it may be a thousand - years ago. Mayn't it have changed? A landslide<br />

might have pulled <strong>of</strong>f half the side <strong>of</strong> that hill, leav<strong>in</strong>g bare rock, and there are your<br />

precipices beyond the gorge. <strong>The</strong>n the Rush might go on deepen<strong>in</strong>g its course year after

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