The History Lesson continued and Caspian's Education

" I said there were very few men in Narnia, " said the Doctor , looking at the little boy very strangely through his great spectacles .

For a moment Caspian was puzzled and then suddenly his heart gave a leap . "Do you mean, " he gasped , " that there were other things ? Do you mean it was like in the stories ? Were there ........... ? "

Extract from Prince Caspian , Chapter 4



After this , Caspian and his tutor had many more secret conversations (...... ) . But of course he had not many hours to spare , for now his education was beginning in earnest . He learnt sword-fighting and riding , swimming and diving , how to shoot with a bow and play on the recorder and the theorbo , how to hunt the stag and cut him up when he was dead besides Cosmography , Rhetoric, Heraldry , Versification , and of course History ......

He also learned a great deal by using his own eyes and ears . As a little boy he had often wondered why he disliked his aunt , Queen Prunaprismia ; he now saw that it was because she disliked him . He also began to see that Narnia was an unhappy country . The taxes were high and the laws were stern and Miraz was a cruel man .



Extract from Prince Caspian , Chapter 5