That is a good point, now that you speak of it. I should do the same. If you do not mind a conversation partner, that is!

[Rinea hurries to retrieve the wicker basket with her things from the riverside, then returns to sit underneath the tree.]

I have not had many chances to see fairies yet, truthfully. [She puts the stone safely away as she speaks.] How long have you been in Avalon, sir-- [oh right] --Eustace?