CHAPTERTHIRTEENTHEHIGHKINGINAND
“Noeter，astheyfiheirmeal，“Aslahat'sQueenSusanandQueenLucy，）aresomewhereclose。Wedon'tknoillahistime，nodoubt，notours。IimehewouldlikeustodowhatweouroiaroomeetMirazile?”
“I'mafraidnot，HighKing，”said。Hewaslikierverymuch，butwasrathertowasmugerforhimtomeetthegreatKingsoutoftheoldstoriesthanitwasforthemtomeethim。
“Verywell，then，”saidPeter，“I'llsendhimagetosi。”houghtofthisbefore。
“Please，”said，“otbeme?Iwanttoaveher。”
“You'rewounded，”saidPeter。“Andanyway，wouldn'thejustlaughatagefromyou?Imeahatyandawarriorbuthethinksofyouasakid。”
“But，Sire，”saidtheBadger，whosatveryclosetoPeteraookhiseyesoffhim。“tageevenfromyou?Hekhestrongerarmy。”
“Verylikelyhewon't，”saidPeter，“butthere'salwaysthedevenifhedoesn't，eofthedayseoandfroandallthat。BythenAslanmayhavedohing。AIspectthearmyaheposition。Iwillsendthege。InfactIwillwriteitatonce。Haveyoupenandior?”
“Ascholaristhem，yourMajesty，”aorelius。
“Verywell，Iwilldictate，”saidPeter。Aorspreadoutapardopenedhisink-hornandsharpeerleantbackwithhalf-closedeyesaohismindthelanguageitensugslongagoinNarnia'sgoldenage。
“Right，”hesaidatlast。“Andnow，ifyouareready，Doctor?”
Doeliusdippedhispenaerdictatedasfollows:
&hegiftofAslaioion，andbyquest，HighKingsinNarheLoneIslandsandLordofCairParavel，KnightoftheMostheLion，toMiraz，SonoftheEighth，sometimeLordProtearniaandnowstylinghimselfKingreetithat?”
“Narnia，a，greetiheDoctor。“Yes，Sire。”
“Thenbeginaneh，”saidPeter。“Fortopreventtheeffusionofblood，andfortheavoidingallotherinceslikelytogrowfromthewarsnowleviedinourrealmofNarnia，itisourpleasuretoadventureourroyalpersononbehalfofourtrustyandwell-belovedwagerofbattletoproveuponyourLordship'sbodythatthesaidislawfulKingunderusinNarniabiftandbythelawsoftheTelmarines，andyourLordshiptwiceguiltyoftreacherybothinwithholdingthedominionofNarniafromthesaiddiabhominable，—don&#ettospellitwithanH，Doctor—bloody，andunnaturalmurderofyourkindlylordandbrinthofthatname。Whereforewemostheartilyprovoke，ge，anddefyyourLordshiptothesaidbatandmonomadhaveseersbythehandofourwellbelovedandroyalbrotherEdmuimeKingunderusinNarernWasteandtoftheWesternMarightoftheheTable，towhomwehavegivenfullpowerwithyourLordshipallthesofthesaidbattle。GivenatinAslan'sHowthisXIIdayofthemonthGreenroofiyearofTenthofNarnia。
“Thatoughttodo，”saidPeter，drabreath。
“AsendtwootherswithKingEdmund。Ithioughttobeone。”
“He's—he'snotveryclever，youknoian。
“Ofot，”saidPeter。“Butanygiantlooksimpressiveifonlyhewillkeepquiet。Anditwillcheerhimup。Butwhofortheother?”
“Uponmykin，“ifyouwantsomeonewhokillwithlooks，Reepicheepwouldbethebest。”
“Hewouldindeed，fromallIhear，”saidPeterwithalaugh。“Ifonlyhewasn'tsosmall。Theywouldn'teveillhewasclose!”
&orm，Sire，”saidTrufflehunter。“Nhedatataur。”
AnhreatlordsinthearmyofMiraz，theLlozelleandtheLordSopespian，strollingalongtheirlinesandpigtheirteethafterbreakfast，lookedupandsawingdowhewoodthedGiaher，whomtheyhadseele，ahemafiguretheynize。heotherboysatEdmund'sschnizedhimiftheycouldhaveseenhimatthatmoment。ForAslahedonhimattheirmeetingandakinesshungabouthim。
“What'stodo?”saidtheLlozelle。“Anattack?”
“Aparley，rather，”saidSopespiaheycarrygreeheyareingtosurrelikely。”
&iswalkihedtheGianthasnolookofsurrenderinhisface，”saidGlozelle。“Whohebe?Itisnottheboy。”
“Noindeed，”saidSopespian。“Thisisafellwarrior，Iwarrantyou，wherevertherebelshavegothimfrom。Heis（inyourLordship'sprivateear）akihaneverMirazwas。Andwhatmailhewears!Noneofoursmithsmakethelike。”
“I'llwagermydappledPomelyhebringsage，notasurrender，”saidGlozelle。