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voice close beside her．
Lucy had been so absorbed in what she was seeing that she started at the sound，and when she turned she found that her arm had gone“dead”from leaning so long on the rail in one position． Drinian and Edmund were beside her．
“Look，”she said．
They both looked，but almost at once Drinian said in a low voice：
“Turn round at once，your Majesties—that’s right，with our backs to the sea．And don’t look as if we were talking about anything important．”
“Why，what’s the matter ？”said Lucy as she obeyed．
“It’ll never do for the sailors to see all that，”said Drinian．“We’ll have men falling in love with a sea—woman，or falling in love with the under-sea country itself，and jumping overboard．I’ve heard of that kind of thing happening before in strange seas．It’s always unlucky to see these people．”
“But we used to know them，”said Lucy．“In the old days at Cair Paravel when my brother Peter was High King．They came to the surface and sang a
