Then the four human prisoners were roped together， ot cruelly but securely， and made to march down to the hore. Reepicheep was carried. He had stopped biting on threat of having his mouth tied up， but he had a great eal to say， and Lucy really wondered how any man could ear to have the things said to him which were said to the ave dealer by the Mouse. But the slave dealer， far from bjecting， only said， “Go on” whenever Reepicheep paused or breath， occasionally adding， “It’s as good as a play，” or， Blimey， you can‘t help almost thinking it knows what it’s aying！“ or， “Was it one of you what trained it？” This so furiated Reepicheep that in the end the number of things e thought of saying all at once nearly suffocated him and e became silent.
When they got down to the shore that looked towards oorn they found a little village and a longboat on the each and， lying a little further out， a dirty， bedraggled. oking ship.
“Now， youngsters，” said the slave dealer， “let‘s have no fuss nd then you’ll have nothing to cry about. All aboard.”
At that moment a fine.looking bearded man came out ofne of the houses （an inn， I think） and said：
“Well， Pug. More of your usual wares？”