The meal would have been pleasanter if it had not been o exceedingly messy， and also if the conversation had not onsisted entirely of agreements. The invisible people greed about everything. Indeed most of their remarks ere the sort it would not be easy to disagree with： “What I ways say is， when a chap’s hungry， he likes some victuals，” r “Getting dark now； always does at night，” or even “Ah， ou‘ve come over the water. Powerful wet stuff， ain’t it？” nd Lucy could not help looking at the dark yawning ntrance to the foot of the staircase.she could see it from here she sat.and wondering what she would find when he went up those stairs next morning. But it was a good eal otherwise， with mushroom soup and boiled chickensand hot boiled ham and gooseberries， redcurrants， curds， cream， milk， and mead. The others liked the mead but Eustace was sorry afterwards that he had drunk any.
