They both looked， but almost at once Drinian said in a low voice：
“Turn round at once， your Majesties.that‘s right， with your backs to the sea. And don’t look as if we were talking about anything important.”
“Why， what‘s the matter？” said Lucy as she obeyed.
“It’ll never do for the sailors to see all that，” said Drinian. “We‘ll have men falling in love with a sea.woman， or falling in love with the under.sea country itself， and jumping overboard. I’ve heard of that kind of thing happening before in strange seas. It‘s always unlucky to see these people.”
“But we used to know them，” said Lucy. “In the old days at Cair Paravel when my brother Peter was High King. They came to the surface and sang at our coronation.”
“I think that must have been a different kind， Lu，” said Edmund. “They could live in the air as well as under water. I rather think these can’t. By the look of them they‘d have surfaced and started attacking us long ago if they could. They seem very fierce.”
