CHAPTER EIGHT WHAT NEWS THE EAGLE BROUGHT（第3/3页）
“Oh，I do hope we can soon settle the Ape and get back to those good，ordinary times. And then I hope they’ll go on for ever and ever and ever. Our world is going to have an end some day. Perhaps this one won’t. Oh Jewel wouldn’t it be lovely if Narnia just went on and on-like what you said it has been ？”
“Nay，sister，”answered Jewel，“all worlds draw to an end， except Aslan’s own country.”
“Well，at least，”said Jill，“I hope the end of this one is millions of millions of millions of years away-hallo! what are we stopping for ？”
The King and Eustace and the Dwarf were all staring up at the sky. Jill shuddered，remembering what horrors they had seen already. But it was nothing of that sort this time. It was small，and looked black against the blue．
“I dare swear，”said the Unicorn，“from its flight，that it is a Talking bird.”
“So think I，”said the King.“But is it a friend，or a spy of the Ape’s ？”
“To me，Sire，”said the Dwarf，“it has a look of Far-sight the Eagle.”
“Ought we to hide under the trees ？”said Eustace．
“Nay，”said Tirian，“best stand still as rocks. He would see us for certain if we moved.”
“Look! He wheels，he has seen us already，”said Jewel.“He is coming down in wide circles.”
“Arrow on string，Lady，”said Tirian to Jill.“But by no means shoot till I bid you. He may be a friend.”
If one had known what was going to happen next it would have been a treat to watch the grace and ease with which the huge bird glided down. He alighted on a rocky crag a few feet from Tirian， bowed his crested head，and said in his strange eagle’s-voice，“Hail， King.”
“Hail，Farsight，”said Tirian.“And since you call me King， I may well believe you are not a follower of the Ape and his false Aslan. I am right glad of your coming.”
“Sire，”said the Eagle，“when you have heard my news you will be sorrier of my coming than of the greatest woe that ever befell you.”
Tirian’s heart seemed to stop beating at these words，but he set his teeth and said，“Tell on.”
“Two sights have I seen，”said Farsight.“One was Cair Paravel filled with dead Narnians and living Calormenes：The Tisroc’s banner advanced upon your royal battlements：and your subjects flying from the city-this way and that，into the woods. Cair Paravel was taken from the sea. Twenty great ships of Calormen put in there in the dark of the night before last night.”
No one could speak．
“And the other sight，five leagues nearer than Cair Paravel， was Roonwit the Centaur lying dead with a Calormene arrow in his side. I was with him in his last hour and he gave me this message to your Majesty：to remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.”
“So，”said the King，after a long silence，“Narnia is no more.”