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The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

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<strong>The</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g and Eustace and the Dwarf were all star<strong>in</strong>g up at the sky. Jill shuddered,<br />

remember<strong>in</strong>g what horrors they had seen already. But it was noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> that sort this time.<br />

It was small, and looked black aga<strong>in</strong>st the blue.<br />

"I dare swear," said the Unicorn, "from its flight, that it is a Talk<strong>in</strong>g bird."<br />

"So th<strong>in</strong>k I," said the K<strong>in</strong>g. "But is it a friend, or a spy <strong>of</strong> the Ape's?"<br />

"To me, Sire," said the Dwarf, "it has a look <strong>of</strong> Far-sight the Eagle."<br />

"Ought we to hide under the trees?" said Eustace.<br />

"Nay," said Tirian, "best stand still as rocks. He would see us for certa<strong>in</strong> if we moved."<br />

"Look! He wheels, he has seen us already," said Jewel. "He is com<strong>in</strong>g down <strong>in</strong> wide<br />

circles."<br />

"Arrow on str<strong>in</strong>g, Lady," said Tirian to Jill. "But by no means shoot till I bid you. He may<br />

be a friend."<br />

If one had known what was go<strong>in</strong>g to happen next it would have been a treat to watch the<br />

grace and ease with which the huge bird glided down. He alighted on a rocky crag a few<br />

feet from Tirian, bowed his crested head, and said <strong>in</strong> his strange eagle's-voice, "Hail,<br />

K<strong>in</strong>g."<br />

"Hail, Farsight," said Tirian. "And s<strong>in</strong>ce you call me K<strong>in</strong>g, I may well believe you are not<br />

a follower <strong>of</strong> the Ape and his false Aslan. I am right glad <strong>of</strong> your com<strong>in</strong>g."<br />

"Sire," said the Eagle, "when you have heard my news you will be sorrier <strong>of</strong> my com<strong>in</strong>g<br />

than <strong>of</strong> the greatest woe that ever befell you."<br />

Tirian's heart seemed to stop beat<strong>in</strong>g at these words, but he set his teeth and said, "Tell<br />

on."<br />

"Two sights have I seen," said Farsight. "One was Cair Paravel filled with dead <strong>Narnia</strong>ns<br />

and liv<strong>in</strong>g Calormenes: <strong>The</strong> Tisroc's banner advanced upon your royal battlements: and<br />

your subjects fly<strong>in</strong>g from the city - this way and that, <strong>in</strong>to the woods. Cair Paravel was<br />

taken from the sea. Twenty great ships <strong>of</strong> Calormen put <strong>in</strong> there <strong>in</strong> the dark <strong>of</strong> the night<br />

before last night."<br />

No one could speak.<br />

"And the other sight, five leagues nearer than Cair Paravel, was Roonwit the Centaur<br />

ly<strong>in</strong>g dead with a Calormene arrow <strong>in</strong> his side. I was with him <strong>in</strong> his last hour and he<br />

gave me this message to your Majesty: to remember that all worlds draw to an end and<br />

that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy."

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