ON BOARD tREADER  quot;A; said Caspian. quot;e  ing for you.  tain, the Lord Drinian.”

    A dark- down on one knee and kissed  were Reepicheep and Edmund.

    quot;ace?quot; asked Lucy.

    quot;In bed,quot; said Edmund, quot;and I dont t  only makes ry to be nice to him.”

    quot;Mean; to talk.”

    quot;By Jove, ; said Edmund. quot;And first, about time. Its a year ago by  our time since  you just before your coronation.  been in Narnia?”

    quot;Exactly t; said Caspian.

    quot;All going ; asked Edmund.

    quot;You dont suppose Id  my kingdom and put to sea unless all was  well,”

    ans;It couldnt be better. trouble at all noelmarines, Dalking Beasts, Fauns and t. And roublesome giants on tier sucing last summer t tribute noo leave as Regent he  Dwarf. You remember him?”

    quot;Dear trumpkin,quot; said Lucy, quot;of course I do. You couldnt ter choice.”

    quot;Loyal as a badger, Maam, and valiant as - as a Mouse,quot; said Drinian. o say quot;as a lionquot; but iced Reepicheeps eyes fixed on him.

    quot;And w; asked Edmund.

    quot;ell,quot; said Caspian, quot;ts ratory. Per  aken my part) by sending to explore tern Seas  beyond the Lone Islands.”

    quot;Yes,quot; said Lucy, quot;and none of them ever came back.”

    quot;Rigion day, , if once I establis myself for a year and a day  to find my fato learn of tesian, timar, and - o oto  remember.”

    quot;t; said Drinian.

    quot;R; said Caspian. quot;t is my main intention. But  Reepic; Everyones eyes turned to the Mouse.

    quot;As ,quot; it said. quot;tature.   come to tern end of t mig to find Aslans ory. It is al, across t  t Lion comes to us.”

    quot;I say, t is an idea,quot; said Edmund in an awed voice.

    quot;But do you t; said Lucy, quot;Aslans country  sort of  country - I mean, t you could ever sail to?”

    quot;I do not kno; said Reepic;But t;er meet, , Doubt not,  Reepico find all you seek, tter East.

    quot;I do not kno means. But t has been on me all my  life.”

    After a s silence Lucy asked, quot;And where are we now, Caspian?”

    quot;tain can tell you better t; said Caspian, so Drinian got out   and spread it on table.

    quot;ts our position,quot; . quot;Or  noon  today. e ood a little nort day. e  for a   tournament for y and ts-”

    quot;And got a fey falls myself, Drinian. Some of till,quot; put in Caspian.

    quot;- And uns,quot; repeated Drinian ;e t  ty  not-”

    quot;Squints, and ; said Caspian.

    quot;O; said Lucy.

    quot;And ; continued Drinian, quot;and ran into a calm for t part of t make  terebintill t out a  to land  for terebint  in at a little  creek far from ty and ered. to lie off for t a  sout ood out for Seven Isles. t a pirate (terebinthian by  her rig)

    over er some  sing of arro -”

    quot;And we ougo ; said Reepicheep.

    quot;- And in five days more  of traits and came  about sundoo Reded and uals and er at  Red I o see ter tomorrow.

    ty days at sea and han  four hundred leagues from Narnia.”

    quot;And after t; said Lucy.

    quot;No one knoy,quot; ans;Unless tell us.”

    quot;t in our days,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;t; said Reepic;it is after t ture  really begins.”

    Caspian noed t t like to be s Lucys conscience smote ;I t go and see  Eustace.

    Seasickness is h me I could  cure him.”

    quot;But you ; said Caspian. quot;Id quite forgotten about it. As you left it  be it migreasures and so I broug - if  you t ougo be ed on a thing like seasickness.”

    quot;Itll only take a drop,quot; said Lucy.

    Caspian opened one of t out tiful little diamond flask ake back your o;  he said.

    t t out into the sunshine.

    In t,  and boto let ligo to ter co side and t came in t t ting in and out  of  Reepicoo s) en taken a  turn. At eac clear for t, but all dore t o ter and beer,  barrels of pork, jars of tles of s, cs,  turnips, sides of bacon.

    From t is, from trings of onions, and also tcy in t, stepping from benco benc least, it epping for ep and a jump for Lucy, and a real long jump for Reepico a partition . Caspian opened to a  cabin   so  nice. It oget do t  made to open  because ter. In fact at t, as tcernately golden  and dim green he sea.

    quot;You and I must lodge ; said Caspian. quot;ell leave your  kinsman the bunk and sling hammocks for ourselves.”

    quot;I beseecy-quot; said Drinian.

    quot;No, no se,quot; said Caspian, quot; already. You  and Rhince”

    (Re) quot;are sailing t ories, so you and   cabin above. King Edmund and I can lie very snug  ranger?”

    Eustace, very green in torm getting less. But Caspian said, quot; storm?quot; and Drinian burst out  laughing.

    quot;Storm, young master!quot; ;ther as a man could  ask for.”

    quot;?quot; said Eustace irritably. quot;Send hrough my head.”

    quot;Ive broug ter, Eustace,quot; said  Lucy.

    quot;O; groace. But ook a drop from   ly stuff (t  is certain t  colour a fes  after , and   better because, instead of  torm and

    o be put as at t  port ;lodge a dispositionquot; against tis ion   ) Eustace could only reply, quot;Fancy not  kno.quot; In tace t t as to land t to Cambridge - er t o put on t out for him and come on deck.

    Caspian no  already.

    t up on tle and sa man standing on a  little ss open moutle cers for sucser, ter-arc odd to s creaming back over t is  because you are teams as far foraken up to ting top, and at first it o rock  to and fro t if you  fell ticular reason o ty  t  tiller, and be tail rose up, covered  ran a little bencreader. Stle bit of  a ter  as tion  in tors.

    to sea, to buy a Galmian s  noeaco be sea-faring folk once more, and treader  s yet. S, for, tral c on one side and t sy of ;ladyquot; as  sailors say, , ace of course  on boasting about liners and  motor-boats and aeroplanes and submarines (quot;As if  t;  muttered Edmund), but t to tern sky lit up  , and felt tasted t on t of unknoern rim of t  t s too o speak.

    Eustace t  be told in  t morning,  once got out a little black  notebook and a pencil and started to keep a diary. ebook   a record of , for t care muc any subject for its  own sake, he

    cared a great deal about marks and o people and say, quot;I got  so much.

    did you get?quot; But as  seem likely to get many marks on treader arted a diary. t entry.

    quot;7 August. y-four ly boat if it isnt  a dream. All time a frigorm s a good t  seasick).  and I  nearly go under any  number of times. All tend to take no notice of t coo s  to Facts. Its madness to come out into tten little t muc. And, of course, absolutely primitive indoors. No  proper saloon, no radio, no bat yesterday  evening and it o tle toy  boat as if it ried to tell  real s oo  dense. E. and L., o f course, didnt back me up. I suppose a kid like L. doesnt realize ttering up C. as everyone does  o ask me  meant!  seem to kno  all. Needless to say Ive been put in t cabin of t, a perfect dungeon, and  Lucy o  a nice room compared  of ts because sried to make   Alberta says, t all t sort of t oo dense.  Still,  see t I s in t nt  grumble because C. is s o make room for L. As if t didnt make it  more cro to say t t gives everyone t frig up  if t I s ail pretty soon if ries it on me. tful  too.”

    trouble betace and Reepic  ed. Before dinner next day, able , ing (being at sea gives one a magnificent appetite), Eustace came rusing out:  quot;t little brute  on it being kept under  control. I could bring an action against you, Caspian. i could order you to  destroyed.”

    At t Reepic e as ever.

    quot;I ask your pardons all,quot; ;and especially ys. If I  ake refuge ed a more reasonable time for ion.”

    quot; on eart; asked Edmund.

    t tting on fast enougo sit on t beside t at tern ly in tle  che song

    to anytc  ease; perail, o  t, and t because y it gave one somebody  to talk to.

    ly Eustace umbled all to tle ( yet got ed to  t long tail  empting -  it c, s first to  ifully. t muc. Eustace  rice and very silly  Eustace) tle limbs all splayed out and  unfortunately Reepic for ime, never lost . Nor   is not very easy to dra  tace kneail; and t ter t  tself up again as if it  omach.

    (t count as belo for mice in Narnia because ted to reach higher.)

    quot;Stop it,quot; spluttered Eustace, quot;go a t ts not  safe. Stop it, I say. Ill tell Caspian.

    Ill ied up.”

    quot; draroon!quot; c;Dra.”

    quot;I  got one,quot; said Eustace. quot;Im a pacifist. I dont believe in  fighting.”

    quot;Do I understand,quot; said Reepic and  speaking very sternly, quot;t you do not intend to give me satisfaction?”

    quot;I dont kno; said Eustace, nursing ;If you dont  knoake a joke I s bot you.”

    quot;take t,quot; said Reepic;and t - to teac due to a knigail -quot; and at eacace a bloempered steel and  as supple and effective as a bircace (of course)  a sc , so tion e neo  ook e to get off t  forecastle and cover t in at till ly  pursued by

    Reepic seemed to Eustace t t  mig by the feel.

    t mucy in settling tter once Eustace realized  t everyone took to lend  to be o make up for  off o  to o lie on his side.