o an open corridor, into which I turned;
notwithstanding that, in doing so, I left the light behind. Along this
I walked with outstretched hands, groping my way, till, arriving at
another corridor, which seemed to strike off at right angles to that in
which I was, I saw at the end a faintly glimmering light, too pale even
for moonshine, resembling rather a stray phosphorescence. However, where
everything was white, a little light went a great way. So I walked on
to the end, and a long corridor it was. When I came up to the light, I
found that it proceeded from what looked like silver letters upon a door
of ebony; and, to my surprise even in the home of wonder itself, the
letters formed the words, THE CHAMBER OF SIR ANODOS. Although I had as
yet no right to the honours of a knight, I ventured to conclude that
the chamber was indeed intended for me; and, opening the door without
hesitation, I entered. Any doubt as to whether I was right in so doing,
was soon dispelled. What to my dark eyes seemed a blaze of light, burst
upon me. A fire of large pieces of some sweet-scented wood, supported by
dogs of silver, was burning on the hearth, and a bright lamp stood on a
table, in the midst of a plentiful meal, apparently awaiting my arrival.
But what surprised me more than all, was, that the room was in every
respect a copy of my own room, the room whence the little stream from my
basin had led me into Fairy Land. There was the very carpet of grass and
moss and daisies, which I had myself designed; the curtains of pale blue
silk, that fell like a cataract over the windows; the old-fashioned bed,
with the chintz furniture, on which I had slept from boyhood. "Now I
shall sleep," I said to myself. "My shadow dares not come here."

I sat down to the table, and began to help myself to the good things
before me with confidence. And now I found, as in many instances before,
how true the fairy tales are; for I was waited on, all the time of my
meal, by invisible hands. I had scarcely to do more than look towards
anything I wanted, when it was brought me, just as if it had come to me
of itself. My glass was kept filled with the wine I had chosen, until
I looked towards another bottle or decanter; when a fresh glass was
substituted, and the other wine supplied. When I had eaten and drank
more heartily and joyfully than ever since I entered Fairy Land, the
whole was removed by several attendants, of whom some were male and some
female, as I