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ere fighting for our lives for the space of three hours and more? I blew it when first I had a breathing space.”
“I’m not likely to forget it,”came the angry voice,“when my Dwarfs bore the brunt of the attack and one in five of them fell.”“That’s Nikabrik,”whispered Trumpkin.
“For shame,Dwarf,”came a thick voice “Trufflehunter’s,”said Trumpkin.“We all did as much as the Dwarfs and none more than the King.”
“Tell that tale your own way for all I care,”answered Nikabrik.“
But whether it was that the Horn was blown too late,or whether there was no magic in it,no help has come.You,you great clerk,you master magician,you know-all; are you still asking us to hang our hopes on Aslan and King Peter and all the rest of it?”
“I must confess—I cannot deny it—that I am deeply disappointed in the result of the operation,”came the answer.“That’ll be Doctor Cornelius,”said Trumpkin.
“To speak plainly,”said Nikabrik,“your wallet’s empty,your eggs addled,your f