“AndI'dfindTomaliveagain，”saidanother。
“Fools!”saidtheman，stampinghisfe。“Thatisthesortoftalkthatbroughtmehere，andI'dbetterhavebeendrownedorneverborn。DoyouhearwhatIsay?Thisiswheredreams—dreams，doyouuaolife，ereal。Notdaydreams:dreams。”
Therewasabouthalfaminute'ssilehen，withagreator，theeretumblingdowchasquickastheydflingiheoarstorowastheyhadneverrowedbefore;andDrinianwasswingingrouiller，aswainwasgivistrokethathadeverbeesea。Forithadtakehathalfmiorememberdreamstheyhadhad—dreamsthatmakeyoingtosleepagain—andtorealizewhatitwouldmeantolandonatrywheredreamsetrue。
OnlyReepicheepremainedunmoved。
“YourMajesty，yourMajesty，”hesaid，“areyougoihismutiny，thispoltroohisisapanic，thisisarout。”
“Row，row，”belloullforallourlives。Isherheadright，Drinian?Yousaywhatyoulike，Reepicheep。Therearesomethingsnomanface。”
“Itis，then，mygoodfortuobeaman，”repliedReepicheepwithaverystiffbow。
Luupalofthadhearditall。Inaninstantthatoneofherowndreamswhichshehadtriedhardesttetcamebacktoherasvividlyasifshehadonlyjustwokenfromit。Sothatasbehiheisland，inthedarkness!ForasedshewaogodowntothededbewithEdmundand。Butwhatwastheuse?Ifdreamsbeganingtrue，Edmundandthemselvesmightturnihinghorriblejustasshereachedthem。Shegrippedtherailofthefightingtopaeadyherself。Theywererowingbacktothelightashardastheycould:itwouldbeallrightinafewseds。Butoh，ifonlyitcouldbeallrightnow!
Thmadeagooddealofdidnotquitecealthetotalsilencewhidedtheship。
Everyowouldbebetternottolisten，nottostrainhisearsforanysoundfromthedarknoonecouldhelplistening。Andsooneveryohings。Eaeheardsomethi。
“Doyouhearanoiselike。。。likeahugepairandshuttihere?”EustaceaskedRynelf。
“Hush!”saidRynelf。“Ihearthemgupthesidesoftheship。”
“It'sjustgoihemast，”said。
“Ugh!”saidasailor。“Therearethegongsbeginniheywould。”
，tryingnottolookatanything（espeottokeeplookingbehindhim），wentafttoDrinian。
“Drinian，”hesaidinaverylowvoice。“Howloakerowingin?—Imeanroepickedupthestranger。”
&es，perhaps，”whisperedDrinian。“Why?”
“Becausewe'vebeehatalreadytryi。”
Drinian'shandshookoillerandalineofcoldsweatrandowhesameideawastoeveryoneonboard。“Weshall，'out，”moaherowers。“He'ssteeringuswrong。We&#roundandroundincircles。Weshallhestranger，whohadbeenlyinginahuddledheapoupandburstoutintoahorriblesglaugh。
&!”heyelled。“That'sit。Ofcourse。Weshall。WhatafoolIwastohavethoughttheywouldletmegoaseasilyasthat。No，no，weshall。”
Lutherheadohefightingtopandwhispered，“Aslan，Aslan，ifeveryoulovedusatall，sendushelpnow。”Thedarknessdidnotgrowashebegale—avery，verylittle—better。“Afterall，nothinghasreallyhappeousyet，”shethought。
“Look!”elf'svoicehoarselyfromthebows。Thereeckoflightahead，aoflightfellfromitupodidhesurroundihewholeshipasifbysearchlight。bliaredround，sawthefapanionsallwithwild，fixedexpressions。Everyoaringiion:behindeveryonelayhisblack，sharply-edgedshadow。
Lucylookedalongthebeamalysawsomethinginit。Atfirstitlookedlikeacross，thenitlookedlikeanaeroplalookedlikeakite，andatlastwithawhirringofwingsitwasrightoverheadandwasanalbatross。Itcircledthreetimesrouandthenperchedforaninstaofthegildeddragocalledoutinastrovoicewhatseemedthoodthem。Afterthatitspreaditswings，rose，aoflyslowlyahead，bearingalittletostarboard。DrieritnotdoubtingthatituidaLuewthatasitcircledthemastithadwhisperedte，dearheart，”andthevoice，shefeltsure，wasAslan's，andwiththevoiceadeliellbreathedinherface。
Isthedarkoagrayhen，almostbeforetheydaredtobeginhoping，theyhadshotoutiahewarm，bluewain。Andallatonceeverybodyrealizedthattherewasnothingtobeafraidofandneverhadbeen。Theybliheireyesahem。Thebrightheshipherselfastoheyhadhalfexpectedtofindthatthedarknesswouldgtothewhiteahegoldintheformofsomegrimeorsdthenfirstohenananlaughing。
“Ireadeprettygoodfoolsofourselves，”saidRynelf。
Lueiningdowntothedeck，whereshefouhersallgatheredroundthenewer。Ftimeheeak，andlygazeattheseaandthesuhebulwarksandtheropes，asiftomakesurehewasreallyawake，whiletearsrolleddownhischeeks。
“Thankyou，”hesaidatlast。“Youhavesavedmefrom。。。butIwon'ttalkofthat。Ameknowwhoyouare。IamaTelmarineofNarnia，andorthanythingmeheLordRhoop。”
“AndI，”said，“am，KingofNarnia，andIsailtofindyouandyourpanioher'sfriends。”
LordRhoopfellonhiskneesaheKing'shand。“Sire，”hesaid，“youarethemaninalltheworldImostwishedtosee。Grantmeaboon。”
“Whatisit?”asked。
&mebackthere，”hesaid。Hepoiheyalllooked。Buttheysawhtblueseaandbrightbluesky。TheDarkIslandandthedarknesshadvanishedforever。
“Why!”criedLordRhoop。“Youhavedestroyedit!”
“Idon'tthinkitwasus，”saidLucy。
“Sire，”saidDrinian，“thiswindisfairforthesoutheast。ShallIhaveourpoorfellowsupasail?A，everymanared，tohishammock。”
“Yes，”said，“aherebegrogallround。Heigh-ho，IfeelIcouldsleeptheyself。”
Soallafternooheysailedsouth-eastwithafairwind。Butnobodyhealbatrosshaddisappeared。