Then he had tried to teach Eustace how to use his sword nd shield. Eustace had learned quite a lot about sword ghting on his earlier adventures but that had been all with straight Narnian sword. He had never handled a curved alormene scimitar and that made it hard， for many of the rokes are quite different and some of the habits he had arned with the long sword had now to be unlearned again. ut Tirian found that he had a good eye and was very quick n his feet. He was surprised at the strength of both children： fact they both seemed to be already much stronger and igger and more grown.up than they had been when he first et them a few hours before. It is one of the effects whicharnian air often has on visitors from our world.
All three of them agreed that the very first thing they must o was to go back to Stable Hill and try to rescue Jewel the nicorn. After that， if they succeeded， they would try to getaway Eastward and meet the little army which Roonwit the Centaur would be bringing from Cair Paravel.