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?”