The next morning, Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum look out of a window of the castle and see the words UNDER ME inscribed in a nearby hillside. Jill realised that she fell into the E of the message, and that Prince Rillian must be somewhere under that inscription. They later explore the castle, and enter the kitchens. Jill reads a recipe book to find that Man is on the menu for the Autumn Feast, and Puddleglum then reads that Marshwiggle is also on the menu! They escape immediately, only to be spotted in the distance by some of the giants, who release their hounds in pursuit. Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum escape the hounds by crawling through a hole under a rock, only for them to fall a distance down a slope moments later. They suddenly hear a voice asking them what their purpose is in the Deep Realm, and Puddleglum replies that they fell down by accident. The voices replies that many fall down, but few return to the sunlit land. The person who is speaking turns on a light and his lamp reveals a huge army of sombre-looking Earthmen. The leader of these men introduces himself as the Warden of the Underworld, and instructs them to come with him to see the Queen of the Underworld. After walking some distance, they reach a boat which carries them to the other side of the underworld across a vast lake.