“Iwonder，”saidReepicheep，“dotheybeevisiblewhenyoudriveaswordintothem?”
“Itlooksasifweshallfindout，”said。“Butlet'sgetoutofthisgateway。There'soryatthatpumplisteningtoall>
Theycameoutabatothepathwherethetreesmightpossiblymakethemlessspiotthatit'sanygoodreally，”saidEustagtohidefrompeopleyou'tsee。Theymaybeallroundus。”
“Now，Drinian，”said。“Howwoulditbeiftheboatforlost，wentdoartofthebay，andsigheDawandinandtakeusaboard?”
“hforher，Sire，”saidDrinian。
“We，”saidLucy。
“YourMajestiesall，”saidReepicheep，“hearme。Itisfollytothinkofavoidinganinvisibleenemybyanyamandskulkiuresmeantustobattle，besuretheywillsudwhateveresofitI'dsoohemfacetofabecaughtbythetail。”
&hiherightthistime，”saidEdmund。
“Surely，”saidLucy，“ifRhiheothersoreaderseeusfightihey'llbeabletodosomething。”
“Buttheywon'tseeusfightingifthey'tseeanyenemy，”saidEustacemiserably。“They'llthinkwe'rejustswingingourswordsintheairforfun。”
Therewasanunfortablepause。
“ianatlast，“let'sgetonwithit。Wemustgoahem。Shakehandsallround—arrow，Lucy—swordsout，everyoneelse—andnowforit。Perhapsthey'llparley。”
Itwasstrahelawreeslookingsopeacefulastheymarchedbacktothebeadwhentheyarrivedthere，alyiheyhadlefther，ahsandwithobeseenohaedwhetherLuerelyimaginedallshehadtoldthem。Butbeforetheyreachedthesand，avoicespokeoutoftheair。
“ers，nofurthernow，”itsaid。“We'vegottotalkwithyoufirst。There'sfiftyofusahonsinourfists。”
“Hearhim，hearhim，”camethechorus。“That'sourChief。Youdonwhathesays。He'stellih，heis。”
“Idohesefiftywarriors，”observedReepicheep。
“That&#ht，that&#ht，”saidtheChiefVoice。“Youdon'tseeus。Andwhynot?Becausewe'reinvisible。”
&up，Chief，keepitup，”saidtheOtherVoices。“Ylikeabook。They'taskforabetterahat。”
&，Reep，”said，andthenaddedinaloudervoivisiblepeople，whatdoyouwantwithus?Andwhathavewedooeary?”
&somethingthatlittlegirldoforus，”saidtheChiefVoice。（Theothersexplaihiswasjustwhattheywouldhavesaidthemselves。）
“Littlegirl!”saidReepicheep。“Theladyisaqueen。”
“Wedon'tknowaboutqueens，”saidtheChiefVoice。
（“Nomorewedo，nomorewedo，”theothers。）“Butwewahingshedo。”
“Whatisit?”saidLucy。
“Andifitisanythingagaiy'shonourorsafety，”addedReepicheep，“youwillwooseehowmanywekillbeforewedie。”
“Well，”saidtheChiefVoice。“It'salongstory。Supposeweallsitdown?”
TheproposalrovedbytheothervoicesbuttheNaranding。