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l ！”said Reepicheep．“The lady is a queen．”
“We don’t know about queens，”said the Chief Voice．
“No more we do，no more we do，”chimed in the others．“But we want something she can do．”
“What is it ？”said Lucy．
“And if it is anything against her Majesty’s honour or safety，”added Reepicheep，“you will wonder to see how many we can kill before we die．”
“Well，”said the Chief Voice．“It’s a long story．Suppose we all sit down ？”，
The proposal was warmly approved by the other voices but the Narnians remained standing．
“Well，”said the Chief Voice．“It’s like this．This island has been the property of a great magician time out of mind．And we all are-or perhaps in a manner of speaking，I might say，we were-his servants．Well，to cut a long story short，this magician that I was speaking about，he told us to do something we didn’t like. And why not ？ Because we didn’t want to．Well，then，this same magician he fell into a great rage；for I ought to tell you he owned
