Look here, they'll get suspicious if we talk among ourselves, and I do want to know about how they do things.
Let's get the girl to show us round, and we can be thinking about how to get the Amulet at the same time.

Only mind, we must keep together.' Anthea beckoned to the girl, who was standing a little way off looking wistfully at them, and she came gladly.
'Tell us how you make the bracelets, the stone ones,' said Cyril.
'With other stones,' said the girl; 'the men make them; we have men of special skill in such work.' 'Haven't you any iron tools ?' 'Iron,' said the girl, 'I don't know what you mean.' It was the first word she had not understood.
'Are all your tools of flint ?' asked Cyril.

'Of course,' said the girl, opening her eyes wide.
I wish I had time to tell you of that talk.

The English children wanted to hear all about this new place, but they also wanted to tell of their own country.

It was like when you come back from your holidays and you want to hear and to tell everything at the same time.