6. Reread these lines from pp. 118-119, as the Guppee army sets off for Chup:
Haroun was rather shocked. ‘That sounds like mutinous talk to me,’ he suggested, and Iff, Goopy,
Bagha and Mali found that very interesting indeed….
The sounds of heated quarrelling came across the water from the Barge-Birds. ‘I say it’s a Wild Goose
Chase to go after Batcheat!’ –‘Yes, and what’s more, she looks like a Wild Goose, too.’ –‘How dare you,
sirrah? That’s our beloved Princess you’re talking about; our estimable Prince Bolo’s intended and
beauteous bride! –‘Beauteous? Have you forgotten that voice, that nose, those teeth…?’ –‘Okay, okay.
No need to go into that.’ Haroun noticed that old General Kitab himself…was flitting from Barge-Bird to
Barge-Bird to keep in touch with the various discussions…
What is happening in these lines? What does it reveal about Guppee society?V