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第807章 Prince Caspian(168)

“Refreshments! Refreshments,” roared the old man. Ever yone began eating, and whatever hothouses your people may have, you have never tasted such grapes. Really good grapes, firm and tight on the outside, but bursting into cool sweetness when you put them into your mouth, were one of the things the girls had never had quite enough of before. Here, there were more than anyone could possibly want, and rib table.manners at all. One saw sticky and stained fingers everywhere, and, though mouths were full, the laughter never ceased nor the yodelling cries of Euan, euan, eu.oi.oi.oi.oi, till all of a sudden everyone felt at the same moment that the game (whatever it was), and the feast, ought to be over, and everyone flopped down breathless on the ground and turned their faces to Aslan to hear what he would say next.

At that moment the sun was just rising and Lucy remembered something and whispered to Susan,“I say, Su, I know who they are.” “Who?”

“The boy with the wild face is Bacchus and the old one on the donkey is Silenus. Don‘t you remember Mr Tumnus telling us about them long ago?”

“Yes, of course. But I say, Lu.” “What?”