“It is our wish，” said Caspian， “that our royal visitation to our realm of the Lone Islands should， if possible， be an occasion of joy and not of terror to our loyal subjects. If it were not for that， I should have something to say about the state of your men’s armour and weapons. As it is， you are pardoned. Command a cask of wine to be opened that your men may drink our health. But at noon tomorrow I wish to see them here in this courtyard looking like men.at.arms and not like vagabonds. See to it on pain of our extreme displeasure.”
The captain gaped but Bern immediately cried， “Three cheers for the king，” and the soldiers， who had understood about the cask of wine even if they understood nothing else， joined in. Caspian then ordered most of his own men to remain in the courtyard. He， with Bern and Drinian and four others， went into the hall.