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els in arms further up the valley,we three are too few to meet them. If it would please you to wait while-”
“I will not wait the tenth part of a second,”said the King.“But while Jewel and I go forward,do you gallop as hard as you may to Cair Paravel. Here is my ring for your token. Get me a score of men-at-arms,all well mounted,and a score of Talking Dogs, and ten Dwarfs let them all be fell archers,and a Leopard or so, and Stonefoot the Giant. Bring all these after us as quickly as may be.”
“With a good will,Sire,”said Roonwit. And at once he turned and galloped Eastward down the valley.
The King strode on at a great pace,sometimes muttering to himself and sometimes clenching his fists. Jewel walked beside him,saying nothing; so there was no sound between them but the faint jingle of a rich gold chain that hung round the Unicorn’s neck and the noise of two feet and four hoofs.
They soon reached the River and turned up it where there was a grassy road:they h