“Rilian？ Narnia？” he said carelessly. “Narnia？ What land that？ I have never heard the name. It must be a thousand agues from those parts of the Overworld that I know. But was a strange fantasy that brought you seeking this.how o you call him？ .Billian？ Trillian？ in my Lady’s realm. ndeed， to my certain knowledge， there is no such man ere.” He laughed very loudly at this， and Jill thought to erself， “I wonder is that what‘s wrong with his face？ Is he a it silly？”
“We had been told to look for a message on the stones f the City Ruinous，” said Scrubb. “And we saw the words NDER ME.”
The Knight laughed even more heartily than before. “You ere the more deceived，” he said. “Those words meant othing to your purpose. Had you but asked my Lady， she ould have given you better counsel. For those words are all hat is left of a longer script， which in ancient times， as she ell remembers， expressed this verse：
Though under Earth and throneless now I be， Yet， while I lived， all Earth was under me.