“Try if we can stand up，” suggested Scrubb. They did nd found that they could. Then， Puddleglum holding out hand behind him to Scrubb， and Scrubb holding a hand ut behind him to Jill （who wished very much that she as the middle one of the party and not the last）， they egan groping with their feet and stumbling forwards to the blackness. It was all loose stones underfoot. Then uddleglum came up to a wall of rock. They turned a little o their right and went on. There were a good many more wists and turns. Jill had now no sense of direction at all， nd no idea where the mouth of the cave lay.
“The question is，” came Puddleglum’s voice out of the arkness ahead， “whether， taking one thing with another， wouldn‘t be better to go back （if we can） and give thegiants a treat at that feast of theirs， instead of losing our way in the guts of a hill where， ten to one， there’s dragons and deep holes and gases and water and.Ow！ Let go！ Save yourselves. I‘m.”