eoldKingedownit.Butthereappearedtobesomehitch.ALordalefacecameashoreaothePrioTrumpkihreeweretalkingwiththeirheadsclosetogetherforafewminutes,butnoonecouldhearwhattheysaid.Themusicplayedon,butyoucouldfeelthateveryonewasbeinguneasy.Thenfhts,carryingsomethingandgoingverysloearedondeck.

    Wheartedtoedownthegangwayyoucouldseewhattheywerecarrying:itwastheoldKingonabed,verypaleandstill.Theysethimdown.ThePrineltbesidehimandembracedhim.TheycouldseeKingCaspianraisinghishandtoblesshisson.Andeveryonecheered,butitwasahalf-heartedcheer,fortheyallfeltthatsomethingwasgoingwrong.ThensuddenlytheKingsheadfellbackuponhispillows,themusisstoppedandtherewasadeadsilehePrineelingbytheKingsbed,laiddownhisheaduponita.

    Therewerewhisperingsandgoingstoandfro.ThenJillnoticedthatallwhoworehats,bos,helmets,orhoodsweretakingthemoff-Eustacluded.Thensheheardarustlingandflappingnoiseupabovethecastle;whenshelookedshesawthatthegreatbahthegoldenLiononitwasbeingbroughtdowntohalf-mast.Andafterthat,slowly,mercilessly,withwailingstringsanddissolateblowingofhorns,themusicbeganagain:thistime,atuobreakyourheart.

    Theybothslippedofftheirtaurs(whotooknonoticeofthem).

    "IwishIwasathome,"saidJill.

    Eustaodded,sayingnothing,andbithislip.

    "Ihavee,"saidadeepvoicebehiheyturnedandsawtheLionhimself,shtandrealandstrongthateverythingelsebeganatoolookpaleandshadowyparedwithhim.AndiimethanittakestobreatheJillfotaboutthedeadKingofNarniaandrememberedonlyhowshehadmadeEustacefallover