CHAPTER NINE THE ISLAND OF THE VOICES（第4/4頁）
“That’s a spear，that is，”said the Chief Voice．
“That it is，Chief，that it is，”said the others．“You couldn’t have 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．
“Why can’t one of your own people ？Haven’t you got any girls ？”
“We dursen’t，we dursen’t，”said all the Voices．“We’re not going upstairs again．”
“In other words，”said Caspian，“you are asking this lady to face some danger which you daren’t ask your own sisters and daughters to face ！”
“That’s right，that’s right ，”said all the Voices cheerfully. “You couldn’t have said it better．Eh，you’ve had some education，you have．Anyone can see that．”
“Well，of all the outrageous—”began Edmund，but Lucy interrupted．
“Would I have to go upstairs at night，or would it do in daylight ？”
“Oh，daylight，daylight，to be sure，”said the Chief Voice． “Not at night．No one’s asking you to do that．Go upstairs in the dark ？ Ugh．”
“All right，then，I’ll do it，”said Lucy．“No，”she said， turning to the others，“don’t try to stop me．Can’t you see it’s no use ？ There are dozens of them there．We can’t fight them．And the other way there is a chance．”
“But a magician ！”said Caspian．
“I know，”said Lucy．“But he mayn’t be as bad as they make out．Don’t you get the idea that these people are not very brave ？”
“They’re certainly not very clever，”said Eustace．
“Look here，Lu，”said Edmund．“We really can’t let you do a thing like this．Ask Reep，I’m sure he’ll say just the same．”
“But it’s to save my own life as well as yours，”said Lucy．“I don’t want to be cut to bits with invisible swords any more than anyone else．”
“Her Majesty is in the right，”said Reepicheep．“If we had any assurance of saving her by battle，our duty would be very-plain. It appears to me that we have none．And the service they ask of her is in no way contrary to her Majesty’s honour，but a noble and heroical act．If the Queen’s heart moves her to risk the magician， I will not speak against it．”
As no one had ever known Reepicheep to be afraid of anything，he could say this without feeling at all awkward．But the boys，who had all been afraid quite often，grew very red． None the less，it was such obvious sense that they had to give in． Loud cheers broke from the invisible people when their decision was announced，and the Chief Voice(warmly supported by all the others)invited the Narnians to come to supper and spend the night．Eustace didn’t want to accept，but Lucy said，“I’m sure they’re not treacherous．They’re not like that at all，”and the others agreed．And so，accompanied by an enormous noise of thumpings(which became louder when they reached the flagged and echoing courtyard)they all went back to the house．