) 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.