“Oh yes， I‘m coming of course. Might as well， you see. Idon’t suppose we shall ever see the King back in Narnia， now that he‘s once set off for foreign parts； and he had a nasty cough when he left. Then there’s Trumpkin. He‘siling fast. And you’ll find there‘ll have been a bad harvest fter this terrible dry summer. And I shouldn’t wonder if ome enemy attacked us. Mark my words.”
“And how shall we start？” said Scrubb.
“Well，” said the Marsh.wiggle very slowly， “all the others ho ever went looking for Prince Rilian started from that ame fountain where the Lord Drinian saw the lady. They ent north， mostly. And as none of them ever came back， e can‘t exactly say how they got on.”
“We’ve got to start by finding a ruined city of giants，” saidll. “Aslan said so.”
“Got to start by finding it， have we？” answered Puddleglum. Not allowed to start by looking for it， I suppose？““That‘s what I meant， of course，” said Jill. “And then， hen we’ve found it.”
“Yes， when！” said Puddleglum very drily.
“Doesn‘t anyone know where it is？” asked Scrubb.