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第921章 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(46)

“By heaven,” exclaimed the man, “it is his father‘s very oice and trick of speech. My liege.your Majesty.” And here in the field he knelt and kissed the King’s hand.

“The moneys your Lordship disbursed for our person will e made good from our own treasury,” said Caspian. “They‘re not in Pug’s purse yet, Sire,” said the Lord Bern, or he it was. “And never will be, I trust. I have moved his ufficiency the Governor a hundred times to crush this vile affic in man‘s flesh.”

“My Lord Bern,” said Caspian, “we must talk of the state of these Island. But first what is your Lordship’s own story?” “Short enough, Sire,” said Bern. “I came thus far with my six fellows, loved a girl of the islands, and felt I had had enough of the sea. And there was no purpose in returning to Narnia while your Majesty‘s uncle held the reins. So Imarried and have lived here ever since.”

“And what is this governor, this Gumpas, like? Does he still acknowledge the King of Narnia for his lord?”