Have you ?' 'No,' said Philip, remembering the miserable feeling of having been a coward and a sneak that had come upon him when he found that he had saved his own skin and left Lucy alone in an unknown and dangerous world; 'not exactly happy, I shouldn't call it.' 'It's beautiful being a Princess,' said Lucy.

'I wonder what your next noble deed will be.

I wonder whether I could help you with it ?' She looked wistfully at him.
'If I'm going to do noble deeds I'll do them.

I don't want any help, thank you, especially from girls,' he answered.
'I wish you did,' said Lucy, and finished her bread and milk.
Philip's bowl also was empty.

He stretched arms and legs and neck.
'It is rum,' he said; 'before this began I never thought a thing like this _could_ begin, did you ?' 'I don't know,' she said, 'everything's very wonderful.