“Do you mean he now wants to kill me too？” said Caspian. “That is almost certain，” said Doctor Cornelius.
“But why now？” said Caspian. “I mean， why didn‘t he do it long ago if he wanted to？ And what harm have I done him？” “He ha s changed his mind about you because of something that happened only two hours ago. The Queenhas had a son.”
“I don’t see what that‘s got to do with it，” said Caspian. “Don’t see！” exclaimed the Doctor. “Have all my lessons inHistory and Politics taught you no more than that？ Listen.
As long as he had no children of his own， he was willing enough that you should be King after he died. He may not have cared much about you， but he would rather you should have the throne than a stranger. Now that he has a son ofhis own he will want his own son to be the next King. You are in the way. He‘ll clear you out of the way.”
“Is he really as bad as that？” said Caspian. “Would he really murder me？”
“He murdered your Father，” said Doctor Cornelius. Caspian felt very queer and said nothing.
“I can tell you the whole story，” said the Doctor. “But notnow. There is no time. You must fly at once.”
“You’ll come with me？” said Caspian.
