"I drink first to Asian and truth, Sire, and secondly to your Majesty."
This brief greeting from Roonwit to Titian is important in that it shows the hierarchy in the old Narnia and shoes what has gradually been whittled away by the encroachment of a less spiritual Narnia. Roonwit's first loyalty is to Aslan and his second is to the king; however, if the king were to go against Aslan for some reason, or to give a command that was not in line with the truth as told by Aslan, the the old, traditional Narnians like Roonwit would not obey it.
"Please," said the Lamb, "I can't understand. What have we to do with the Calormenes? We belong to Aslan. They belong to Tash. They have a god called Tash. They say he has four arms and the head of a vulture. They kill men on his altar. I don't believe there's any such person as Tash. But if there was, how could Aslan be friends with him?"
The Lamb is very young and it is therefore very brave of him to get up and speak at this gathering. He is the symbol in the book of the Lamb of God and he is not going to deny his faith even if he is persecuted for it. Despite his protestations, he has actually understood perfectly what Shift has said; it is not that he doesn't understand but that he does not see how it is possible for Aslan and Tash,who is essentially evil, to be friends, or to be in agreement. He doesn't believe in Tash but concedes tha if he is wrong g and Tash is real, there's no way that he and Aslan are even similar, let alone working in tandem.
"By the Mane!" he whispered to Eustace. "This girl is a wondrous wood mais. If she had dryad' blood in her she could scarcely do it better."
Jill leads the group safely through the thicket using the stars as her guide. Although Titian lives in Narnia it is Jill who is the best pathfinder of the three. His comment about her being like a wood-maid is an enormous compliment and the fact that she could not do much better if she was a dryad - the human spirit of a tree - is praise indeed for her skills. It is thanks to Jill that they are able to rescue Jewel and also that they free Puzzle.
You do not yet look as happy as I mean you to be.
The children do not realize they have died and so are not as enraptured and joyful as Aslan had hoped that they might be. He wants them to realize they are going to be in Narnia for eternity and that they have been chosen to walk with him because of their faith in him whilst they were alive. This is the most obvious allegory of faith as the path towards eternal life in Heaven.
