They followed his dires and pasd out of the room by a door which they had not yet en opened. It brought them, they were plead to e, not into darkness but into a lighted corridor. They tried various doors and found （what they very badly needed） water for washing and even a looking glass.
“He never offered us a wash before supper,” said Jill, drying her face. “Selfish, lf-tred pig.”
“Are we going back to watch the entment, or shall we stay here?” said Scrubb.
“Stay here, I vote,” said Jill. “I’d much rather .” But she felt a little inquisitive all the same.
“No, go back,” said Puddleglum. “ick up some information, and we need all we get. I am sure that Queen is a witd an enemy. And tho Earthmen would knock us on the head as soon as look at us. There’s a stronger smell of danger and lies and magid treason about this land than I’ve ever smelled before. We o keep our eyes and ears open.”
They went back down the corridor aly pushed the door open. “It’s all right,” said Scrubb, meaning that there were hmen about. Then they all came bato the room where they had supped.
The main door was now shut, cealing the curtaiween which they had first ehe Knight was ated in a curious silver chair, to which he was bound by his ankles, his knees, his elbows, his wrists, and his waist. There was sweat on his forehead and his face was filled with anguish.
“e in, friends,” he said, glang quickly up. “The fit is not yet upon me. Make no noi, for I told that prying chamberlain that you were in bed. Now ... I feel it ing. Quick！ Listen while I am master of mylf. Whe is upo well may be that I shall beg and implore you, with eies and threatenings, to loon my bonds. They say I do. I shall call upon you by all that is most dear and most dreadful. But do not listen to me. Harden your hearts and stop your ears. For while I am bound you are safe. But if once I were up and out of this chair, then first would y fury, and after that”- he shuddered — “the ge into a loathsome rpent.”