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“But do you think,”said Lucy,“Aslan’s country would be that sort of country—I mean,the sort you could ever sail to ?”
“I do not know,Madam,”said Reepicheep.“But there is this. When I was in my cradle a wood woman,a Dryad,spoke this verse over me:
“Where sky and water meet,Where the waves grow sweet,Doubt not,Reepicheep,To find all you seek,There is the utter East.”
“I do not know what it means.But the spell of it has been on me all my life.”
After a short silence Lucy asked,“And where are we now, Caspian ?”
“The Captain can tell you better than I,”said Caspian,so Drinian got out his chart and spread it on the table.
“That’s our position,”he said,laying his finger on it.“Or was at noon today.We had a fair wind from Cair Paravel and stood a little north for Galma,which we made on the next day.We were in port for a week,for the Duke of Galma made a great tournament for His Majesty and there he unhorsed many knights—”
“And got a few nasty falls myself,Drinian.Some of the bruises are there still,”put in Caspian.
“—And unhorsed many knights,”repeated Drinian with a grin. “We thought the Duke would have been pleased if the King’s Majesty would have married his daughter,but nothing came of that—”
“Squints,and has freckles,”said Caspian.