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第940章 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(65)

That night they had a great feast in the castle of Narrowhaven and then, “Tomorrow for the beginning of our real adventures!” said Reepicheep when he had made his bows to everyone and went to bed. But it could not really be tomorrow or anything like it. For now they were preparing to leave all known lands and seas behind them, and the fullest preparations had to be made. The Dawn Treader was emptied and drawn on land by eight horses over rollers and every bit of her was gone over by the most skilled shipwrights. Then she was launched again andctualled and watered as full as she could hold.that is to ay, for twenty.eight days. Even this, as Edmund noticed ith disappointment, only gave them a fortnight‘s eastward ailing before they had to abandon their quest.