“Not by my advice，” said Drinian.
“The Captain‘s right，” said several sailors. “I almost think he is，” said Edmund.
Lucy and Eustace didn’t speak but they felt very glad inside t the turn things seemed to be taking. But all at once the ear voice of Reepicheep broke in upon the silence.
“And why not？” he said. “Will someone explain to me why ot？”
No one was anxious to explain， so Reepicheep continued： “If I were addressing peasants or slaves，” he said， “I might uppose that this suggestion proceeded from cowardice. ut I hope it will never be told in Narnia that a company f noble and royal persons in the flower of their age turned il because they were afraid of the dark.”
“But what manner of use would it be ploughing through hat blackness？” asked Drinian.
“Use？” replied Reepicheep. “Use， Captain？ If by use you ean filling our bellies or our purses， I confess it will be no se at all. So far as I know we did not set sail to look for hings useful but to seek honour and adventure. And here is s great an adventure as ever I heard of， and here， if we turn ack， no little impeachment of all our honours.”
Several of the sailors said things under their breath that ounded like “Honour be blowed”， but Caspian said：
