Quote #127

'Sire,' said Reepicheep [the chief mouse]. 'My life is ever at your command, but my honour is my own. Sire, I have among my people the only trumpeter in your Majesty's army. I had thought, perhaps, we might have been sent with the challenge [to single combat between the High King Peter and King Miraz]. Sire, my people are grieved. Perhaps if it were your pleasure that I should be a marshal of the lists, it would content them.' [...] - 'I am afraid it would not do,' said Peter very gravely. 'Some humans are afraid of mice - ' - 'I have observed it, Sire,' said Reepicheep. - 'And it would not be quite fair to Miraz,' Peter continued, 'to have in sight anything that might abate the edge of his courage.' - 'Your Majesty is the mirror of honor,' said the Mouse with one of his admirable bows.

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