Bern could only tell them that he had seen his six ompanions sail away eastward and that nothing had ever een heard of them again. He said this when he and Caspian ere standing on the highest point of Avra looking down on he Eastern Ocean. “I‘ve often been up here of a morning，” aid the Duke， “and seen the sun come up out of the sea， nd sometimes it looked as if it were only a couple of miles way. And I’ve wondered about （my friends and wondered hat there really is behind that horizon.） Nothing， most kely， yet I am always half ashamed that I stayed behind. ut I wish your Majesty wouldn‘t go. We may need your elp here. This closing the slave market might make a new orld； war with Calormen is what I foresee. My liege， think gain.”
“I have an oath， my lord Duke，” said Caspian. “And nyway， what could I say to Reepicheep？”
The Storm And What Came Of It