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me to enquire into your Sufficiency’s conduct of your office，”continued Caspian．“There are two points especially on which I require an explanation．Firstly I find no record that the tribute due from these Islands to the crown of Narnia has been received for about a hundred and fifty years．”
“That would be a question to raise at the Council next month，”said Gumpas．“If anyone moves that a commission of enquiry be set up to report on the financial history of the islands at the first meeting next year，why then...”
“I also find it very clearly written in our laws，”Caspian went on，“that if the tribute is not delivered the whole debt has to be paid by the Governor of the Lone Islands out of his private purse．”
At this Gumpas began to pay real attention．“Oh，that’s quite out of the question，”he said．“It is an economic impossibility— er—your Majesty must be joking．”
Inside，he was wondering if there were any way of getting rid of these unwelcome visitors．Had he known th
