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