“We want something that little girl can do for us，” said he Chief Voice. （The others explained that this was just hat they would have said themselves.）“Little girl！” said Reepicheep. “The lady is a queen.”
“We don‘t know about queens，” said the Chief Voice. （“No ore we do， no more we do，” chimed in the others.） “But e want something she can do.”
“What is it？” said Lucy.
“And if it is anything against her Majesty’s honour or afety，” added Reepicheep， “you will wonder to see how any we can kill before we die.”
“Well，” said the Chief Voice. “It‘s a long story. Suppose wel sit down？”
The proposal was warmly approved by the other voices ut the Narnians remained standing.