The others were too exhausted to see what Lucy saw. There， a few yards behind them， the loop of Sea Serpent’s body got rapidly smaller and disappeared into a splash. Lucy always said （but of course she was very excited at the moment， and it may have been only imagination） that she saw a look of idiotic satisfaction on the creature‘s face. What is certain is that it was a very stupid animal， for instead of pursuing the ship it turned its head round and began nosing all along its own body as if it expected to find the wreckage of the Dawn Treader there. But the Dawn Treader was already well away， running before a fresh breeze， and the men lay and sat panting and groaning allbout the deck， till presently they were able to talk about it， nd then to laugh about it. And when some rum had been erved out they even raised a cheer； and everyone praised he valour of Eustace （though it hadn’t done any good） and f Reepicheep.
After this they sailed for three days more and saw nothing ut sea and sky. On the fourth day the wind changed to the orth and the seas began to rise； by the afternoon it had early become a gale. But at the same time they sighted nd on their port bow.
