CHAPTER ONE
ck, t riking.) Its left paed on t of a ss tail. Its balance, as it paced gravely along t, and its manners courtly. Lucy and Edmund recognized it at once Reepic valiant of all talking Beasts of Narnia, and t tle of Beruna. Lucy longed, as she had always
done, to take Reepic t o talk to him.
Reepic foro your Majesty. And to King Edmund, too.quot; (here he bowed again.)
quot;Not your Majesties presence o ture.”
quot;Ugake it a; ace. quot;I e mice. And I never could bear performing animals. timental.”
quot;Am I to understand,quot; said Reepico Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, quot;t teous person is under your Majestys protection? Because, if not-”
At t Lucy and Edmund both sneezed.
quot; a fool I am to keep you all standing t; said Caspian. quot;Come on belo c Im afraid he way, Reepicheep, like a good fellow.”
quot;to t; said Reepic;even a question of give least for t -quot; and Eustace. But Caspian led tes Lucy found o tern cabin. S at once - t looked out on ter astern, table, t once by its exquisite delicacy) and t gold image of Aslan the door.
All took in in a flasely opened a door on tarboard side, and said, quot;t get some dry t; ;and to c tside t taken to to be dried.”
Lucy found ion of t briged panels (all birds and beasts and crimson dragons and vines) and spotlessly clean.
Caspians clotoo big for ss on board s of ter rus and took a long deep breat quite sure time.