The children stood up but Puddleglum remained sitting nd said, “Marsh.wiggle. Marsh.wiggle. Very respectable arsh.wiggle. Respectowiggle.”
“Show them the way, young ‘un,” said the giant Porter.
You’d better carry Froggy. He‘s had a drop more than’s ood for him.““Nothing wrong with me,” said Puddleglum. “Not a frog.
othing frog with me. I‘m a respectabiggle.”
But the young giant caught him up by the waist and gned to the children to follow. In this undignified way hey crossed the courtyard. Puddleglum, held in the giant’s st, and vaguely kicking the air, did certainly look very like frog. But they had little time to notice this, for they soon ntered the great doorway of the main castle.both their earts beating faster than usual.and, after pattering along everal corridors at a trot to keep up with the giant‘s paces, ound themselves blinking in the light of an enormous oom, where lamps glowed and a fire roared on the hearth nd both were reflected from the gilding of roof and ornice. More giants than they could count stood on their ft and right, all in magnificent robes; and on two thrones t the far end sat two huge shapes that appeared to be the ing and Queen.