"An unlooked-for blessing," Reepicheep agrees. He looks to Susan, his black eyes bright and intelligent.

"There was a prophecy sung over me when I was but a pup in the cradle," he says. "By a Dryad. Where the sky and water meet, where the waves grow sweet, doubt not, Reepicheep, to find all you seek; There is the utter east. It was with this prophecy in my ears that I joined His Majesty's voyage to the Eastern Edge of the world."