Stop it, spluttered Eustace, go away. Put that thing away. It's not safe. Stop it, I say. I'll tell Caspian. I'll have you muzzled and tied up. Why do you not draw your own sword, poltroon! cheeped the Mouse. Draw and fight or I'll beat you black and blue with the flat. I haven't got one, said Eustace. I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in fighting. Do I understand, said Reepicheep, withdrawing his sword for a moment and speaking very sternly, that you do not intend to give me satisfaction? β¨ C. S. Lewis (2010). The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Enhanced Edition), p.28, Harper Collins
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