Trot had thought him sound asleep, but now he opened his eyes to blink lazily at the group in the water.
"Good morning," said the Queen.

"Aren't you Chief Muffruff ?" "I am," answered the old seal.

"And you are Aquareine, the mermaid queen.

You see, I remember you, although you haven't been here for years.

And isn't that Princess Clia?
To be sure! But the other mermaids are strangers to me, especially the bald-headed one." "I'm not a mermaid," asserted Cap'n Bill.