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第980章 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(105)

The dragon.that.had.been.Eustace held out its ore leg gladly enough, remembering how Lucy‘s cordial had ured him of sea.sickness before he became a dragon. But e was disappointed. The magic fluid reduced the swelling nd eased the pain a little but it could not dissolve the gold. Everyone had now crowded round to watch the treatment, nd Caspian suddenly exclaimed, “Look!” He was staring at he bracelet.

How The Adventure Ended

“Look at what?” said Edmund.

“Look at the device on the gold,” said Caspian.

“A little hammer with a diamond above it like a star,” said Drinian. “Why, I’ve seen that before.”

“Seen it!” said Caspian. “Why, of course you have. It is the sign of a great Narnian house. This is the Lord Octesian‘s arm.ring.”

“Villain,” said Reepicheep to the dragon, “have you devoured a Narnian lord?” But the dragon shook his head violently.

“Or perhaps,” said Lucy, “this is the Lord Octesian, turned into a dragon.under an enchantment, you know.”

“It needn’t be either,” said Edmund. “All dragons collect gold. But I think it‘s a safe guess that Octesian got no further than this island.”