“Itmustbeaedsleep，”saidLucy。“Ifeltthemomentwelahisislandthatitwasfullofmagic。Oh!doyouthinkseheretobreakit?”
&ry，”said，andbeganshakiofthethreesleepers。Foramomehoughthewasgoingtobesuccessful，forthemahedhardandmuttered，“I'llgoeastwardoarsforNarnia。”Buthesankbackalmostatooayetdeepersleepthais，hisheavyheadsaggedafewiowardthetableaorousehimagaihtheseditwasmuchthesame。“Weren'tborntolivelikeaheeastwhileyou'veadsbehindthesun，”andsankdowhirdonlysaid，“Mustard，please，”ahard。
“OutoarsforNarnia，eh?”saidDrinian。
“Yes，”said，“yht，Drinian。Ithia'slookattheirrihesearetheirdevices。ThisistheLordRevilian。ThisistheLoz:andthis，theLordMavramorn。”
“Butwe'twakethem，”saidLucy。“Whatarewetodo?”
“BeggingyourMajesties'pardonsall，”saidRhiwhynotfalltowhileyou'redisgit?Wedon'tseeadihiseveryday。”
“Notforyourlife!”said。
“That&#ht，that&#ht，”saidseveralofthesailors。
“Toomuchmagicabouthere。Thesoonerwe'rebaboardthebetter。”
“Dependuponit，”saidReepicheep，“itwasfromeatingthisfoodthatthesethreelordscamebyasevenyears'sleep。”
“Iwouldn'ttouylife，”saidDrinian。
&'sgoingunonquick，”saidRynelf。
“Backtoship，backtoship，”mutteredthemen。
&hink，”saidEdmund，“they&#ht。Wedecidewhattodowiththethreesleeperstomorrow。Wedarehefoodandthere'snopointinstayihenight。Thewholeplacesmellsofmagiger。”
“IamentirelyofKingEdmund'sopinion，”saidReepicheep，“asfarasstheship'spaImyselfwillsitatthistabletillsunrise。”
“Whyoh?”saidEustace。
“Because，”saidtheMouse，“thisisaverygreatadventure，andomesogreatasthatofkbaiathatIleftamysterybehihroughfear。”
“I'llstaywithyou，Reep，”saidEdmund。
“AndItoo，”said。
“Andme，”saidLudtheeeredalso。Thiswasverybraveofhimbeeverhavingreadofsugsorevehemtillhejoireadermadeitworseforhimthahers。
“Ibeseeajesty—”beganDrinian。
“No，myLord，”said。“Yourplaceiswiththeship，andyouhavehadaday'sefivehaveidled。”Therewasalumentaboutthisbutintheendhadhisway。Asthecrewmarchedofftotheshoreiheringduskhefivewatchers，exceptperhapsReepicheep，couldavoidacoldfeeliomach。
&ooksometimegtheirseatsattheperiloustable。Probablyeveryohesamereasonbutoutloud。Foritwasreallyarathernastyecouldhardlybeartositallhosethreeterriblehairyobjectswhiotdead，werelyheordiheotherhand，tositatthefarend，sothatyouwouldseethemlessahenightgrewdarker，andwouldn'tknowiftheyweremoving，andperhapswouldn'tseethematallbyabouttwoo'o，itwasof。Sotheysaunteredroundandrouablesaying，“Whatabouthere?”and“Orperhapsabitfurtheron，”or，“Whynotonthisside?”tillatlasttheysettleddowthemiddlebuthesleepersthaherend。Itwasabouttenbynowandalmostdark。Theioheeast。LucywouldhavelikeditbetteriftheyhadbeentheLeopardandtheShipandotheroldfriendsoftheNarniansky。
Theyedthemselvesintheirseadsatstillafirsttheretattalkbutitdidn'tudtheysatandsat。Aheyheardthewavesbreakingonthebeach。
&hatseemedlikeagesthereeheyallkheyhadbeendozibeforebutwereallsuddehestarswereallinquitedifferentpositionsfromthosetheyhadlastheskywasveryblackexceptforthefaipossiblegrayheeast。Theywerecold，thoughthirsty，andstiff。Ahemspokebeowatlastsomethingening。
&hem，beyondthepillars，therewastheslopeofalowhill。Andnoehehillside，andlightappearedinthedoorway，andafigurecameout，andthedoorshutbehindit。Thefigurecarriedalight，andthislightwasreallyallthattheycouldseedistinctly。Itcameslowlyneareralastitsthtatthetableoppositetothem。Nowtheycouldseethatitwasatallgirl，dressedinasingleloofclearbluewhichleftherarmsbare。Shewasbareheadedandheryelldownherbadwhentheylookedathertheythoughttheyhadneverbeforeknowymeant。
&whichshehadbeengwasatallasilverdlestickwhiowsetupoable。Iftherehadbeenanywindofftheseaearlierimusthavedieddownbynow，fortheflameofthedleburraightandstillasifitwereinaroomsshutaainsdrawn。Goldahetableshoslight。