The invisible people feasted their guests royally. It was ery funny to see the plates and dishes coming to the table nd not to see anyone carrying them. It would have been unny even if they had moved along level with the floor， as ou would expect things to do in invisible hands. But they idn’t. They progressed up the long dining.hall in a series f bounds or jumps. At the highest point of each jump a ish would be about fifteen feet up in the air； then it would ome down and stop quite suddenly about three feet from he floor. When the dish contained anything like soup or ew the result was rather disastrous.
“I‘m beginning to feel ver y inquisitive about these eople，” whispered Eustace to Edmund. “Do you think hey’re human at all？ More like huge grasshoppers or giant ogs， I should say.”
“It does look like it，” said Edmund. “But don‘t put the ea of the grasshoppers into Lucy’s head. She‘s not too een on insects； especially big ones.”