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As soon as they came to the place where the work was going on the Calormenes raised a cry and came towards them with their weapons in hand. But the King held out his sword with the hilt towards them and said：
“I who was King of Narnia and am now a dishonoured knight give myself up to the justice of Aslan. Bring me before him.”
“And I give myself up too，”said Jewel．
Then the dark men came round them in a thick crowd， smelling of garlic and onions，their white eyes flashing dreadfully in their brown faces. They put a rope halter round Jewel’s neck. They took the King’s sword away and tied his hands behind his back. One of the Calormenes，who had a helmet instead of a turban and seemed to be in command，snatched the gold circlet off Tirian’s head and hastily put it away somewhere among his clothes. They led the two prisoners uphill to a place where there was a big clearing. And this was what the prisoners saw.
At the centre of the clearing，which was also the highest point of the hill，there was a little hut like a stable，with a thatched roof. Its door was shut. On the grass in front of the door there sat an Ape. Tirian and Jewel，who had been expecting to see Aslan and had heard nothing about an Ape yet，were very bewildered when they saw it. The Ape was of course Shift himself，but he looked ten times uglier than when he lived by Caldron Pool，for he was now dress-ed up. He was wearing a scarlet jacket which did not fit him very well，having been made for a dwarf. He had Jewelled slippers on his hind paws which would not stay on properly because，as you know，the hind paws of an Ape are really like hands. He wore what seemed to be a paper crown on his head. There was a great pile of nuts beside him and he kept cracking nuts with his jaws and spitting out the shells. And he also kept on pulling up the scarlet jacket to scratch himself. A great number of Talking Beasts stood facing him，and nearly every face in that crowd looked miserably worried and bewildered. When they saw who the prisoners were they all groaned and whimpered．
“O Lord Shift，mouthpiece of Aslan，”said the chief Calormene.“We bring you prisoners. By our skill and courage and by the permission of the great god Tash we have taken alive these two desperate murderers.”
“Give me that man’s sword，”said the Ape. So they took the King’s sword and handed it，with the sword-belt and all，to the monkey. And he hung it round his own neck：and it made him look sillier than ever．
“We’ll see about those two later，”said the Ape，spitting out a shell in the direction of the two prisoners.“I got some other business first. They can wait. Now listen to me，everyone. The first thing I want to say is about nuts. Where’s that Head Squirrel got to ？”
“Here，Sir，”said a red squirrel，coming forward and making a nervous little bow．
“Oh you are，are you ？”said the Ape with a nasty look.“Now attend to me. I want-I mean，Aslan wants-some more nuts. These you’ve brought aren’t anything like enough. You must bring some more，do you hear ？ Twice as many. And they’ve got to be here by sunset tomorrow，and there mustn’t be any bad ones or any small ones among them.”
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