CASPIAN DID t morning ts early, and after breakfast o order every man o full armour. quot;And above all,quot; ;let  everytrim and scoured as if it  battle in a  great ; tloads Caspian and  out for  Narroer h him.

    ty at Narro t;t I sent  last nig; said  Bern. quot;t people.quot; And as soon as Caspian stepped  as into s of, quot;Narnia! Narnia! Long live t;  At t - and to Berns messengers - bells began ringing  from many parts of too be advanced and rumpet to be bloernness, and treet so t treet s  one could  it steadily.

    At first t  to  t t  turbance to  morning.

    And t t of doors and ering and c ? And all t , so t by time Caspian reacle gates, nearly tole,  muddling and messing about s and forms and rules and regulations, he noise.

    At tle gate Caspians trumpeter ble and cried, quot;Open for  to visit rusty and  t; In ttle postern opened, and out came a tousled felloy old  on ead of a , and a rusty old pike in  t;Carn - seez - fis; ;You cant see ;). quot;No intervie  pointments cept ten p.m. second Saturday every month.”

    quot;Uncover before Narnia, you dog,quot; t leted   flying from his head.

    quot;Ere? ots it all about?quot; began t no one took any  notice of epped tern and after some struggling s (for everyty) flung bote rode into tyard.  and several more (tly umbling out of various doorion, t  if t ime to think.

    quot;ain?quot; he asked.

    quot;I am, more or less, if you kno; said a languid and rat any j armour at all.

    quot;It is our ;t our royal visitation to our realm of  t of terror to our loyal  subjects. If it  for t, I so say about tate of your mens  armour and  is, you are pardoned. Command a cask of o be opened  t, your men may drink our  at noon tomorroyard looking like men-at-arms and not like vagabonds. See to it on pain of our  extreme displeasure.”

    tain gaped but Bern immediately cried, quot;t;  and tood about tood  not of o remain in tyard.  into the hall.

    Beable at taries about   ly grey. rangers entered  and t omatically, quot;No intervie  appointments except beten p.m. on second Saturdays.”

    Caspian nodded to Bern and tood aside. Bern and Drinian took a step  fored it, and flung it on one side  of t rolled over, scattering a cascade of letters, dossiers, ink-pots, pens,  sealing-s. t roug as firmly as if teel, t of ed , about four  feet away.

    Caspian at once sat dohe chair and laid his naked sword across his  knees.

    quot;My Lord,quot; said ;you  given us quite  ted. I am the King of Narnia.”

    quot;Not it in t; said t;Notes. e  been notified of any suco consider  any applications-”

    quot;And o enquire into your Sufficiencys conduct of your  office,quot; continued Caspian. quot;ts especially on ly I find no record t tribute due from to t a y years.”

    quot;t ion to raise at t mont; said Gumpas.  quot;If anyone moves t a commission of enquiry be set up to report on tory of t t meeting next year, when . . .”

    quot;I also find it very clearly ten in our la; Caspian  on, quot;t  if tribute is not delivered t o be paid by t of e purse.”

    At to pay real attention. quot;Os quite out of tion,quot; he said.

    quot;It is an economic impossibility - er - your Majesty must be joking.”

    Inside, ting rid of tors.  Caspian  , and o . But raits yesterday and seen it signalling, as o its consorts.  t   and make  ted furts. No Bernstead. It   anyone o Narroake ty men; it ainly not at all thing he could imagine doing himself.

    quot;Secondly,quot; said Caspian, quot;I  to knoed tural traffic in slaves to groo t custom  and usage of our dominions.”

    quot;Necessary, unavoidable,quot; said ;An essential part of t of t burst of prosperity  depends on it.”

    quot; need have you of slaves?”

    quot;For export, your Majesty. Sell em to Calormen mostly; and  centre of trade.”

    quot;In ot; said Caspian, quot;you dont need tell me  to put money into ts of such as Pug?”

    quot;Your Majestys tender years,quot; said Gumpas,   to be a  fat; possible t you sand tatistics, I have graphs, I have-”

    quot;tender as my years be,quot; said Caspian, quot;I believe I understand trade from e as  see t it brings  into t or bread or beer or imber or cabbages or books or instruments  of music or  ,  it must be stopped.”

    quot;But t ting t; gasped t;?”

    quot;I ; said Caspian. quot;e call it `Going Bad in  Narnia. trade must stop.”

    quot;I can take no responsibility for any suc; said Gumpas.

    quot;Very ; ans;e realized aking to govern toms, rig;I t; and made Bern a Duke, the Lone Islands.

    quot;As for you, my Lord,quot; o Gumpas, quot;I forgive you your debt for tribute. But before noon tomorro be out of tle, whe Dukes residence.”

    quot;Look ; said one of Gumpass secretaries, quot;but  suppose all you gentlemen stop playacting and tle business. tion before  us really is-”

    quot;tion is,quot; said t; a flogging or h one. You may choose which you prefer.”

    ly settled, Caspian ordered le, t into to. It ion; t is to say, t croform,  in a raucous voice:  quot;Nolemen, lot ty-terebintural labourer,  suitable for ty-five years of age. Not a bad tooth  in his head.

    Good, braake off , tacks, and let tlemen see.  t t on en crescents from tleman in t be joking, sir. Fifteen! Eigeen is bidden for lot ty- teen? ty-one. ty-one is bidden-”

    But Pug stopped and gaped form.

    quot;On your knees, every man of you, to t; said tamping outside and many s at tle. Most obeyed. t heir neighbours. Some cheered.

    quot;Your life is forfeit, Pug, for laying erday,quot; said Caspian.

    quot;But your ignorance is pardoned. trade er of an  free.”

    o c on, quot;here  are my friends?”

    quot;t dear little gel and tleman?quot; said Pug iating smile.

    quot; once-”

    quot;ere ; cried Lucy and Edmund toget;At  your service, Sire,quot; piped Reepic t taying to bid for ot yet been taken aed to let t and t ing bet once approacurbans, and teous,  cruel and ancient people. t politely to Caspian and paid s, all about tains of prosperity irrigating tue - and t - but of course ed hey had  paid.

    quot;t is only fair, sirs,quot; said Caspian. quot;Every man oday must  your takings to t minim.quot; (A  minim is tiet of a crescent.)

    quot;Does your good Majesty mean to beggar me?quot; whined Pug.

    quot;You s all your life,quot; said Caspian, quot;and if you  are beggared, it is better to be a beggar t wher friend?”

    quot;O; said Pug. quot;Oake o  in all my born days. Priced   five crescents in ts  and still no one ouc look at   Sulky.”

    tace  to be sold as a slave, it is pero be a sort of  utility slave ;I see. As usual.  Been enjoying yourself some about tis.”

    t nig feast in tle of Narroomorroures!quot; said Reepico everyone and  to bed. But it could not really be tomorro. For noo leave all knoions o be made. treader ied and drawn on land  by eig of  skilled  ss.

    tualled and ered as full as s is to say for ty-eigiced ment, only gave tnigo abandon t.

    ioning all  t sea captains o t.  many a flagon of tle ale to en men  grey beards and clear blue eyes, and many a  tall yarn urn. But t trutell of no  lands beyond t t if you sailed too far east you o t lands t sually round t;And t, I reckon, is  to ttom.quot; t ories of islands ined by ing islands,  erspouts, and a fire t burned along ter. Only one, to Reepic, said, quot;And  beyond t, Aslan country. But ts beyond t get t;  But wioned -  from her.

    Bern could only tell t  notanding on t point of Avra looking doern ocean.  quot;Ive often been up ; said t;ands seen t of times it looked as if it  my friends and   likely,

    yet I am alayed be I  go.

    e may need your  mig I foresee. My liege, think again.”

    quot;I ; said Caspian. quot;And anyo Reepicheep?”