HOW THE ADVENTURE ENDED

'LOOK at what?' said Edmund.

'Look at the device on the gold,' said Caspian.

'A little hammer with a diamond above it like a star,' said Drinian. 'Why, I've seen that before.'

'Seen it!' said Caspian. 'Why, of course you have. It is the sign of a great Narnian house. This is the Lord Octesian's arm-ring.'

'Villain,' said Reepicheep to the dragon, 'have you devoured a Narnian lord?' But the dragon shook his head violently.

'Or perhaps,' said Lucy, 'this is the Lord Octesian, turned into a dragon - under an enchantment, you know.'

'It needn't be either,' said Edmund. 'All dragons collect gold. But I think it's a safe guess that Octesian got no further than this island.'

'Are you the Lord Octesian?' said Lucy to the dragon, and then, when it sadly shook its head, 'Are you someone enchanted - someone human, I mean?'

It nodded violently.

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