What Eustace thought had best be told in his own words, for when they all got their clothes back, dried, next morning, he at once got out a little black noteand a pencil and started to keep a diary. He always had this notewith him and kept a record of his marks in it, for though he didn’t care much about any subject for its own sake, he cared a great deal about marks and would even go to people and say, “I got so much. What did you get?” But as he didn‘t seem likely to get many marks on the Dawn Treader he now started a diary. This was the first entry:
August