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The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

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"All right!" said Eustace <strong>in</strong>dignantly. "We're not bl<strong>in</strong>d. We've got eyes <strong>in</strong> our heads."<br />

"<strong>The</strong>y must be darn good ones if you can see <strong>in</strong> here," said the same Dwarf whose name<br />

was Diggle.<br />

"In where?" asked Edmund.<br />

"Why you bone-head, <strong>in</strong> here <strong>of</strong> course," said Diggle. "In this pitch-black, poky, smelly<br />

little hole <strong>of</strong> a stable."<br />

"Are you bl<strong>in</strong>d?" said Tirian.<br />

"A<strong>in</strong>'t we all bl<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> the dark!" said Diggle.<br />

"But it isn't dark, you poor stupid Dwarfs," said Lucy. "Can't you see? Look up! Look<br />

round! Can't you see the sky and the trees and the flowers? Can't you see me?"<br />

"How <strong>in</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> all Humbug can I see what a<strong>in</strong>'t there? And how can I see you any<br />

more than you can see me <strong>in</strong> this pitch darkness?"<br />

"But I can see you," said Lucy. "I'll prove I can see you. You've got a pipe <strong>in</strong> your<br />

mouth."<br />

"Anyone that knows the smell <strong>of</strong> baccy could tell that," said Diggle.<br />

"Oh the poor th<strong>in</strong>gs! This is dreadful," said Lucy. <strong>The</strong>n she had an idea. She stopped and<br />

picked some wild violets. "Listen, Dwarf," she said. "Even if your eyes are wrong,<br />

perhaps your nose is all right: can you smell that?" She leaned across and held the fresh,<br />

damp flowers to Diggle's ugly nose. But she had to jump back quickly <strong>in</strong> <strong>order</strong> to avoid a<br />

blow from his hard little fist.<br />

"None <strong>of</strong> that!" he shouted. "How dare you! What do you mean by shov<strong>in</strong>g a lot <strong>of</strong> filthy<br />

stable-litter <strong>in</strong> my face? <strong>The</strong>re was a thistle <strong>in</strong> it too. It's like your sauce! And who are<br />

you anyway?"<br />

"Earth-man," said Tirian, "she is the Queen Lucy, sent hither by Aslan out <strong>of</strong> the deep<br />

past. And it is for her sake alone that I, Tirian your lawful K<strong>in</strong>g, do not cut all your heads<br />

from your shoulders, proved and twice-proved traitors that you are."<br />

"Well if that doesn't beat everyth<strong>in</strong>g!" exclaimed Diggle. "How can you go on talk<strong>in</strong>g all<br />

that rot? Your wonderful Lion didn't come and help you, did he? Thought not. And now -<br />

even now - when you've been beaten and shoved <strong>in</strong>to this black hole, just the same as the<br />

rest <strong>of</strong> us, you're still at your old game. Start<strong>in</strong>g a new lie! Try<strong>in</strong>g to make us believe<br />

we're none <strong>of</strong> us shut up, and it a<strong>in</strong>'t dark, and heaven knows what."

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