CHAPTER TEN TRAVELS WITHOUT THE SUN（第4/4页）

“This guide of yours must be a long liver，friend,”said the Knight with another of his laughs.

Jill began to find them a little irritating.

“And it seems to me，Sir,”answered Puddleglum，“that this Lady of yours must be a long liver too，if she remembers the verse as it was when they first cut it.”

“Very shrewd，Frog-face,”said the Knight，clapping Puddleglum on the shoulder and laughing again. “And you have hit the truth. She is of divine race，and knows neither age nor death. I am the more thankful to her for all her infinite bounty to such a poor mortal wretch as I. For you must know，Sirs，I am a man under most strange afflictions，and none but the Queen’s grace would have had patience with me. Patience，said I ？ But it goes far beyond that. She has promised me a great kingdom in Overland， and，when I am king，her own most gracious hand in marriage. But the tale is too long for you to hear fasting and standing. Hi there，some of you ！ Bring wine and Updwellers’ food for my guests. Please you，be seated，gentlemen. Little maiden，sit in this chair. You shall hear it all.”