“Well， then， to put it in a nutshell，” said the Chief Voice， we’ve been waiting for ever so long for a nice little girl om foreign parts， like it might be you， Missie.that would o upstairs and go to the magic and find the spell hat takes off the invisibleness， and say it. And we all swore hat the first strangers as landed on this island （having a ice little girl with them， I mean， for if they hadn‘t it’d be nother matter） we wouldn‘t let them go away alive unless hey’d done the needful for us. And that‘s why， gentlemen， your little girl doesn’t come up to scratch， it will be our ainful duty to cut all your throats. Merely in the way ofusiness， as you might say， and no offence， I hope.““I don‘t see all your weapons，” said Reepicheep. “Are they visible too？” The words were scarcely out of his mouth efore they heard a whizzing sound and next moment a pear had stuck， quivering， in one of the trees behind them. “That’s a spear， that is，” said the Chief Voice.
“That it is， Chief， that it is，” said the others. “You couldn‘t ave put it better.”
“And it came from my hand，” the Chief Voice continued.
They get visible when they leave us.“
“But why do you want me to do this？” asked Lucy.
