“I had to apologize or the dangerous little brute would have been at me with his sword. And then Caspian showed up in his true colours as a brutal tyrant and said out loud for everyone to hear that anyone found ‘stealing’ water in future would ‘get two dozen’. I didn‘t know what this meant till Edmund explained to me. It comes in the sort of books those Pevensie kids read.
“After this cowardly threat Caspian changed his tune and started being patronizing. Said he was sorry for me and that everyone felt just as feverish as I did and we must all make the best of it， etc.， etc. Odious stuck.up prig. Stayed in bed all day today.
September
A little wind today but still from the west. Made a few miles eastward with part of the sail， set on what Drinian calls the jury.mast.that means the bowsprit set upright and tied （they call it ’lashed‘） to the stump of the real mast. Still terribly thirsty.
September
Still sailing east. I stay in my bunk all day now and see no one except Lucy till the two fiends come to bed. Lucy gives me a little of her water ration. She says girls don’t get as thirsty as boys. I had often thought this but it ought to be more generally known at sea.
September