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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．
Behind a table at the far end with various secretaries about him sat his Sufficiency，the Governor of the Lone Islands．Gumpas was a bilious-looking man with hair that had once been red and was now mostly grey．He glanced up as the strangers entered and then looked down at his papers saying automatically，“No interviews without appointments except between nine and ten p.m. on second Saturdays．”
Caspian nodded to Bern and then stood aside．Bern and Drinian took a step forward and each seized one end of the table． They lifted it，and flung it on one side of the hall where it rolled over，scattering a cascade of letters，dossiers，ink-pots，pens， sealing-wax and documents．Then，not roughly but as firmly as if their hands were pincers of steel，they plucked Gumpas out of his chair and deposited him，facing it，about four feet away．Caspian at once sat down in the chair and laid his naked sword across his knees．
“My Lord，”said he，fixing his eyes on Gumpas，“you have not given us quite the welcome we expected．We are the King of Narnia．”
“Nothing about it in the correspondence，”said the governor． “Nothing in the minutes．We have not been notified of any such thing．All irregular．Happy to consider any applications—”
“And we are come to enquire into your Sufficiency’s conduct of your office，”continued Caspian．“There are two points especially on which I require an explanation．Firstly I find no record that the tribute due from these Islands to the crown of Narnia has been received for about a hundred and fifty years．”
“That would be a question to raise at the Council next month，”said Gumpas．“If anyone moves that a commission of enquiry be set up to report on the financial history of the islands at the first meeting next year，why then...”
“I also find it very clearly written in our laws，”Caspian went on，“that if the tribute is not delivered the whole debt has to be paid by the Governor of the Lone Islands out of his private purse．”
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