CHAPTERTWELVETHROUGHTHESTABLEDOOR
JILLoughttohavebeenbackatthewhiterockalreadybutshehadquitefottenthatpartofherordersiofwatgthefight。Nowsheremembered。Sheturontoit，aherebarelyasedbeforetheothers。Itthushappeallofthem，foramoment，hadtheirbay。Theyallwheeledrouheyhadreachedit。Aterriblesightmettheireyes。
Aenewasrunningtowardthestabledsomethingthatkidstruggled。Ashecamebetweehefiretheycouldseeclearlyboththeshapeofthemanandtheshapeofwhathecarried。It>
TirianandtheUnirushedouttorescuehim。Buttheenewashedoortheheyhadcoveredhalfthedistancehehadfluadshutthedooronhim。Halfadozenmoreeneshadrunupbehindhim。Theyformedaliheopehestable。Therewasitnow。
&henJillrememberedtokeepherfaedaside，wellawayfromherbow。“EvenifI'tstopblubbing，Iwon'tgetmystri，”shesaid。
“'Warearroogginsuddenly。
EveryonedudpulledhishelmetwelloverhisheDogscroud。Butthoughafewarrowscametheirwayitsoohattheywereat。GriffleandhisDwarfswereattheirarcheryagain。Thistimetheywerecoollyshootingattheenes。
&up，boys!”cameGriffle'svoice。“Alltogether。Carefully。Wedon'twantDarkiesahaMonkeys—orLis。TheDwarfsarefortheD>
WhateverelseyoumaysayaboutDwarfs，noonesaytheyaren'tbrave。Theycouldeasilyhavegotawaytosomesafeplace。Theypreferredtostayandkillasmanyofbothsidesastheycould，exbothsideswerekiosavethemtroublebykilliher。TheywantedNarniafortheirown。
stheyhadoatwasthattheenesweremail-dtheHorseshadhadion。Alsotheeneshadaleader。RishdaTarkaan'svoicecriedout:“Thirtyofyoukeepwatthosefoolsbythewhiterock。Therest，afterme，thatwemayteachthesesohalesson。”
Tirianandhisfriends，stillpantingfrhtandthankfulforafewminutes'rest，stoodandlookedoarkaanledhismenagainsttheDwarfs。Itwasastrangesow。Thefirehadsuhelightitgavewasnowlessandofadarkerred。Asfarasonecouldsee，thewholeplablytyexceptfortheDwarfandtheehatlightoneakeoutmuchofening。ItsouheDwarfswereputtingupagoodfight。Tiriancriffleusingdreadfullanguage，andeverynowaarkaang，“Takeallyoualive!Takethemalive!”
&fightmayhavebeedidnotlastlong。Thediedaway。ThenJillsawtheTarkaaningbacktothestable:elevenmenfollowedhim，draggingelevenboundDwarfs。（Whethertheothershadallbeenkilled，orwhethersomeofthemhadgotaway，wasneverknown。）
“Throwthemintotheshriash，”saidRishdaTarkaan。
AheelevenDwarfs，oher，hadbeenflungorkitothatdarkdoorwayandthedoorhadbeenshutagaiothestableandsaid:“Thesealsoareforthyburnt，LordTash。”
Andalltheeheflatsoftheirswordsontheirshieldsaash!Tash!ThegreatgodTash!Iash!”（Therewas“Tashlan”now。）
&lepartybythewhiterockwatchedthesedoingsaooheyhadfoundatrickledowntherodallhaddrunkeagerly—JillandPogginandtheKingintheirhahefour-footedohelittlepoolwhichithadmadeatthefootofthestone。Suchwastheirthirstthatitseemedthemostdeliktheyhadeverhadintheirlives，aheyweredrinkingtheywereperfectlyhappyandotthinkofanythingelse。
“Ifeelinmybones，”saidPoggin，“thatweshallall，ohroughthatdarkd。IkofahuhsIwouldratherhavedied。”
“Itisindeedagrimdoor，”saidTirian。“Itismorelikeamouth。”
“Oh，'twedoanythingtostopit?”saidJillinashakenvoice。
“Nay，fairfriend，”saidJewel，ly。“ItmaybeforusthedoortoAslan'sdathistabletonight。”
RishdaTarkaanturnedhisbathestableandwalkedslolatofthewhiterock。
“Hearken，”hesaid。“IftheBoarandtheDogsandtheUniwilleandputthemselvesiheirlivesshallbespared。TheBotoaTheTisroc'sgardeoTheTisroc'skeheUniIhavesawnhishornoff，shalldrawacart。ButtheEagle，the，andhewhowastheKingshallbeofferedtoTashthisnight。”
Theonlyansls。
&on，warriors，”saidtheTarkaan。“Killthebeasts，buttakethetwo-leggedonesalive。”
AhelastbattleofthelastKingan。
eless，evenapartfromtheheehespears。TheeneswhohadbeenealmostfromthebeginninghadhadwasbecausetheyhadeintoNarwtobepeacefulmerdofcoursetheyhadospearsforaspearisnotathingyouhide。ThehaveeiertheApewasalreadystrongandtheyarly。Thespearsmadeallthedifferehalongspearyoukillaboarbeforeyouareinreachofhistusksandaunibeforeyouareinreachofhishorn;ifyouareveryquidkeepyourhead。AndnowthelevelledspearswereonTirianandhislastfrieetheywereallfightingfortheirlives。
Inawayitwasn'tquitesobadasyoumightthink。