tRAVELS It t;; sed travellers.

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    quot;Many fall dourn to t lands,quot; said t;Make  ready noo come o the Deep Realm.”

    quot; does s ; asked Scrubb cautiously.

    quot;I do not kno; said t; to be questioned but  obeyed.”

    explosion and  immediately a cold ligtle blue in it, flooded t ting  a dense crotle gnomes barely a foot o stately figures taller tood as still as  statues. Apart from t, t; some ails and ot, some   beards and oted noses, and long, soft noses like small trunks, and great blobby noses. Several  in one respect t, after  t glance, Jill almost forgot to be afraid of t so chem up.

    quot;ell!quot; said Puddleglum, rubbing ;t  teaco take a serious vie kno t felloac one he -”

    quot;Get up,quot; said thmen.

    to be done. travellers scrambled to t and joined ed touc a moment like t. And  t feet, on oes, some thers none.

    quot;Marc; said they did.

    t came from a large ball on top of a long pole, and tallest of t ts c tural cavern; ted,  and gaso a tastic sony floor sloped do ed dark, underground  places. And  lo,  t-bearer stood aside, and tooped do  t ones) and stepped into a little dark crack and disappeared, s s no longer.

    quot;I cant go in t! I cant! I ,quot; sed. t ted t her.

    quot;Steady, Pole,quot; said Puddleglum. quot;t be cra didnt get er on. And t t get any rain.”