ttOM OF t;MY name is Golg,quot; said t;And Ill tell your an our crash and bang.
As soon as t, everyone says to off a squib for a long time; o ed. And to going to carry it any farts t. And doools. turns and sees t red gloo s t? and everyone ans from thom under us.”
quot;Great Scott,quot; exclaimed Eustace, quot;are till lower down?”
quot;O; said Golg. quot;Lovely places; ry s a good deal too near to suit us. Ug almost as side, on tself. You see, ten all about it till t cras kno o our
tten o make a joke or dance a jig. But t t all came back. And of course off as quick as o get doo our oting off rockets and standing on to your me go and join in.”
quot;I t; said Jill. quot;Im so glad off tc really he seemed like.”
quot;ts all very ; said Puddleglum cautiously. quot;But t look to me like c running a looked more like military formations, if you ask me. Do you look me in tell me you preparing for battle?”
quot;Of course ;You see, knoc scle. e rying to slip a being seen. And t o comes: not kno on tcermined to figo Bism.”
quot;Ill be sis an gnome,quot; said t;Let go of it, friend Puddleglum. As for me, good Golg, I ed like you and your felloion more. Do you knoo t to lead out an army against Overland?”
quot;Ee-ee-ee!quot; squeaked Golg. quot;Yes, I kno terrible road. I it is no manner of use your o go . Ill die rather.”
quot;; asked Eustace anxiously. quot;s so dreadful about it?”
quot;too near top, tside,quot; said Golg, s;t tco us. e o be led out into to tside of t all t emptiness called the sky.
And t a ferokes of t to it.
I dare go near them.”
quot;alking!quot; cried Eustace, and Jill said, quot;But its not all up t. e live there.”
quot;I kno; said Golg. quot;But I t it find your really like it - cra like flies on top of the world!”
quot; about s once?quot; said Puddleglum.
quot;In a good ; cried ty set out. ted , sing out t tc t dangerous. And ted it on to ot in a fees ts and curning cart-ting off o tell tory of ment and deliverance at least ten times.
In to t a t long and pero to it. A strong smote up into te unlike any t t at first it dazzled t used to it t t a river of fire, and, on t river, o be fields and groves of an unbearable, brilliance - tes all jumbled togetained- glass ropical sun staring straig at midday mig. Do all t fiery lighmen were climbing.
quot;Your ; said Golg (and o look at blackness for a fees, t;Your
you come doo Bism? Youd be cold, unprotected, naked country out on top. Or at least come do.”
Jill took it for granted t none of ten to suc.
to ;truly, friend Golg, I o come doure, and it may be no mortal man o Bism before or it o termost pit of Eart I forbore.
But could a man live t sself?”
quot;O s only salamanders live in tself.”
quot; kind of beast is your salamander?quot; asked the Prince.
quot;It is o tell t; said Golg. quot;For too o look at. But t like small dragons. to us out of tongues: very ty and eloquent.”
Jill glanced ily at Eustace. S sure t c sank as s e c Experiment ures, and to him.
quot;Your ; ;If my old friend Reepic noures of Bism a great impeac to our honour.”
quot;Do; said Golg, quot;I could show you real gold, real silver, real diamonds.”
quot;Bos; said Jill rudely. quot;As if kno mines even here.”
quot;Yes,quot; said Golg. quot;I tle scratc t you topd ts and squeeze you a cup full of diamond-juice. You care muc fingering treasures of your ser you asted the live ones of Bism.”
quot;My fat to t; said Rilian tfully. quot;It to ttom of the world.”
quot;If your s to see your fatill alive, ;its about time ting on to t road to the diggings.”
quot;And I go do ever anyone says,quot; added Jill.
quot; to go back to Over; said Golg, quot;t of ts rat floods still rising -”
quot;O; begged Jill.
quot;I fear it must be so,quot; said t;But I
in the land of Bism.”
quot;Please!quot; begged Jill.
quot;; asked Puddleglum.
quot;t; said Golg. quot;Your he chasm.”
quot;; asked Puddleglum.
At t moment a self (ter could ling up out of ths of Bism.
quot;Quick! Quick! Quick! to to to t; it said. quot;t closes. It closes. It closes. Quick! Quick!quot; And at time, tering cracks and creaks, ted gnomes . t to climb dorong a blast of air ing up from ttom, or for some oting doed, till t blotted out t;Good-bye to your ; sed Golg, and dived. Only a fe to follo in a pillarbox. No ensely brigrains craso a t, maddening smell vanished.
travellers were alone in an Underworld whan before.
Pale, dim, and dreary, tion of the road.
quot;No; said Puddleglum, quot;its ten to one ayed too long, but ry. t in five minutes, I s wonder.”
to a canter and tyle. But almost at once it began going do seen, on t at ttom of ter.
quot;e,quot; cried t tom even five minutes later for tide o s it ill only a foot or t sy.
to look at but t up and up as far as ter spreading. All t t some distant ligotal darkness every of it be gone out, t ser.
Alt go on for ever a rest. ted: and in silence ter.
quot;I no; said Jill. quot;And all those queer sleeping animals.”
quot;I dont t,quot; said Eustace. quot;Dont you remember o go doer imes cave yet.”
quot;ts as may be,quot; said Puddleglum. quot;Im more interested in this road.
Look a bit sickly, dont they?”
quot;t; said Jill.
quot;Aye,quot; said Puddleglum. quot;But theyre greener now.”
quot;You dont mean to say you t?quot; cried Eustace.
quot;ell, expect to last for ever, you kno; replied t;But dont let your spirits do my eye on ter too, and I dont ts rising so fast as it did.”
quot;Small comfort, friend,quot; said t;If find our . I cry you mercy, all. I am to blame for my pride and fantasy w us ride on.”
During t folloimes t t Puddleglum imes t it dull lig quite distinctly. And t, rugged o a steep tunnel.
to pass picks and s tly been at ting out, all this was very cheering.
But t of going on into a narrourn back in, .
At last t Puddleglum and t it.
ty dismounted and led to pick ones steps about it norange and gly in t once (s ) Jill gave a little scream. One lig one a out altogete darkness.
quot;Courage, friends,quot; came Prince Rilians voice. quot;her we live or die Aslan will be our good lord.”
quot;ts rig; said Puddleglums voice. quot;And you must al being trapped down ll save funeral expenses.”
Jill ongue. (If you dont oto knoo do; its your voice t gives you away.)
quot;e migand ; said Eustace; and o trust her own.
Puddleglum and Eustace first retc in front of to anythe horses.
quot;I say,quot; came Eustaces voice mucer, quot;are my eyes going queer or is tc up there?”
Before anyone could ans;Stop. Im up against a dead end. And its eart rock. were you saying, Scrubb?”
quot;By t; said t;Eustace is rig of -”
quot;But its not daylig; said Jill. quot;Its only a cold blue sort of light.”
quot;Better t; said Eustace. quot;Can up to it?”
quot;Its not rig; said Puddleglum. quot;Its above us, but its in t Ive run into. be, Pole, if you got on my s up to it?”