chater eight hw they left the ind (第5/17页)
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“Now pray don’t be offended，”interrupted the Dwarf．“I assure you，my dear little friends—”
“Little from you is really a bit too much，”said Edmund，jumping up．“I suppose you don’t believe we won the Battle of Beruna？ Well，you can say what you like about me because I know—”
“There’s no good losing our tempers，”said Peter．“Let’s fit him out with fresh armour and fit ourselves out from the treasure chamber，and have a talk after that．”
“I don’t quite see the point—”began Edmund，but Lucy whispered in his ear，“Hadn’t we better do what Peter says？ He is the High King，you know．And I think he has an idea．”So Edmund agreed and by the aid of his torch they all，including Trumpkin，went down the steps again into the dark coldness and dusty splendour of the treasure house．
The Dwarf’s eyes glistened as he saw the wealth that lay on the shelves though he had to stand on tiptoes to do so and he muttered to himself，“It would never do to let Nikabrik see this; never．”They found
