"There," Caspian says, and he looks very pleased with himself. "Two of my dear friends met; a joyful moment indeed. Now! Reep; You've come from the last leg of our journey together, eh?"

(you're to go on, and I'm to return – alone and at once)

It was long and long ago for him, but there is still something faintly wry in his expression. "And did you reach Aslan's Country?"

"I did, Sire," Reepicheep tells him. "I came from there, after wandering untold days among the fields and forests of His lands."