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“Yes,”said Caspian.
“Then put this mantle over all to hide the sword and the wallet.That’s right.And now we must go to the Great Tower and talk.”
When they had reached the top of the Tower it was a cloudy night,not at all like the night when they had seen the conjunction of Tarva and Alambil Doctor Cornelius said,
“Dear Prince,you must leave this castle at once and go to seek your fortune in the wide world.Your life is in danger here.”
“Why?”asked Caspian.
"Because you are the true King of Narnia: Caspian the Tenth,the true son and heir of Caspian the Ninth.Long life to your Majesty’—and suddenly,to Caspian’s great surprise,the little man dropped down on one knee and kissed his hand.
“What does it all mean? I don’t understand,”said Caspian.
“I wonder you have never asked me before,”said the Doctor,“why,being the son of King Caspian,you are not King Caspian yourself.Everyone except your Majesty knows that Miraz is a usurper.When he first began to rule he did not even pretend to be the King: he called himself Lord Protector.But then your royal mother died,the good Queen and the only Telmarine who was ever kind to me.And then,one by one,all the great lords,who had known your father,died or disappeared.Not by accident,either.Miraz weeded them out.Belisar and Uvilas were shot with arrows on a hunting party: by chance,it was pretended.All the great house of the Passarids he sent to fight giants on the northern frontier till one by one they fell.Arlian and Erimon and a dozen more he executed for treason on a false charge.The two brothers of Beaversdam he shut up as madmen.And finally he persuaded the seven noble lords,who alone among all the Telmarines did not fear the sea,to sail away and look for new lands beyond the Eastern Ocean,and,as he intended,they never came back.And when there was no one left who could speak a word for you,then his flatterers as he had instructed them begged him to become King.And of course he did.”
“Do you mean he now wants to kill me too?”said Caspian.
“That is almost certain,”said Doctor Cornelius.