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CHAPTER FOUR WHAT CASPIAN DID THERE（第2页）

“Thatwouldbeaquestioheextmonth，”

saidGumpas.“Ifaaissionofeoreportonthefinancialhistoryoftheislameetihen...”

“IalsofinditveryclearlywritteninourlaiahatifthetributeishewholedebthastobepaidbytheGovernoroftheLoneIslandsoutofhisprivatepurse.”

AtthisGumpasbegantopayrealattention.“Oh，that'squiteoutofthequestion，”

hesaid.“Itisanepossibility—er—yourMajestymustbejoking.”

Inside，hewaswiftherewereanywayofgettingridoftheseuors.Hadheknoianhadonlyoneshipandoneship'spanywithhim，heokensoftwordsforthemoment，aohavethemallsurroundedandkilledduri.Buthehadseenashipofwarsaildowsyesterdayasignalling，ashesupposed，toitssorts.HehadnotthenknownitwastheKing'sshipfortherewasospreadtheflagoutahegoldenlionvisible，sohehadwaitedfurtherdevelopments.NowheimagihadawholefleetatBerwouldneverhaveumpasthatanyonewouldwalkintoaketheislandswithlessthawaslynotatallthekindofthingheaginedoinghimself.

“Sedly，”

said，“Iwanttoknowermittedthisabominableandunnaturaltraffislavestogrowuphere，trarytotheaomandusageofourdominions.”

“Necessary，unavoidable，”

saidhisSuffiessentialpartoftheeientoftheislands，Iassureyou.Ourpresentburstofprosperitydependsonit.”

“Whatneedhaveyouofslaves?”

“Forexport，yourMajesty.Sell'emtoostly;ahermarkets.Weareagreatterofthetrade.”

“Inotherwords，”

said，“youdon'tellmeosetheyserveexohepocketsofsuchasPug?”

“YourMajesty'stenderyears，”

saidGumpas，asmeaherlysmile，“hardlymakeitpossiblethatyoushoulduheeiinvolved.Ihavestatistics，Ihavegraphs，Ihave—”

“Tenderasmyyearsbe，”

said，“IbelieveIuheslavetradefromwithinquiteaswellasyourSuffidIdobringsintotheislaorbreadorbeerorwiimberesorbooksorisofmusicorhorsesorarmelsew.Butwhetheritdoesornot，itmustbestopped.”

“Butthatwouldbeputtingtheclockback，”

gaspedthegovernor.“Haveyounoidearess，ofdevelopment?”

“Ihaveseehinanegg，”

said.“Wecallit'GoingBad'inNarnia.Thistrademuststop.”

“Ioresponsibilityforanysuchmeasure，”

saidGumpas.

“Verywell，then，”

ansian，“werelieveyouofyouroffice.MyLordBern，ehere.”

Andbefumpasquiterealizedening，BerhhishaheKing'shandsandtakiogoverntheLoneIslandsinacewiththeolds，rights，usagesandlawsofNarnia.Andsaid，“Ithinkwehavehadenoughofgovernors，”

andmadeBerheDukeoftheLoneIslands.

“Asforyou，myLord，”

hesaidtoGumpas，“Ifiveyouyourdebtforthetribute.Butbeforenoontomorrowyouandyoursmustbeoutofthecastle，whiowtheDuke'sresidence.”

“Lookhere，thisisallverywell，”

saidoneofGumpas'ssecretaries，“butsupposeallyougeopplayadwedoalittlebusiionbeforeusreallyis—”

&ionis，”

saidtheDuke，“whetheryouaherabblewillleavewithoutafloggingorwithone.Youmaychoosewhichyouprefer.”