Lucy knew there was no time to sit puzzling as to what hese invisible creatures might be. As soon as the thumping oise had died away she got up and ran along the path after he others as quickly as her legs would carry her. They must t all costs be warned.
While this had been happening the others had reached he house. It was a low building.only two stories high. ade of a beautiful mellow stone， many.windowed， and artially covered with ivy. Everything was so still that Eustace id， “I think it‘s empty，” but Caspian silently pointed to the olumn of smoke which rose from one chimney.
They found a wide gateway open and passed throughinto a paved courtyard. And it was here that they had heir first indication that there was something odd about his island. In the middle of the courtyard stood a pump， nd beneath the pump a bucket. There was nothing odd bout that. But the pump handle was moving up and down， hough there seemed to be no one moving it.
“There’s some magic at work here，” said Caspian.
“Machinery！” said Eustace. “I do believe we‘ve come to a ivilized country at last.”
