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The Silver Chair Quotes in The Silver Chair
The The Silver Chair quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Silver Chair. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11 Quotes
“I don’t think it’s funny at all,” said Jill. “I think you’ll be a wicked tyrant.”
“What?” said the Knight, still laughing and patting her head in a quite infuriating fashion. “Is our little maid a deep politician? But never fear, sweetheart. In ruling that land, I shall do all by the counsel of my Lady, who will then be my Queen too. Her word shall be my law, even as my word will be law to the people we have conquered.”
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“It is well thought of,” said the Knight. “By custom none but the Queen herself remains with me in my evil hour. Such is her tender care for my honor that she would not willingly suffer any ears but her own to hear the words I utter in that frenzy. But I could not easily persuade my attendant gnomes that you should be left with me. And I think I hear their soft feet even now upon the stairs. Go through yonder door: it leads into my other apartments. And there, either await my coming when they have unbound me; or, if you will, return and sit with me in my ravings.”
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“Once and for all,” said the prisoner, “I adjure you to set me free. By all fears and all loves, by the bright skies of Overland, by the great Lion, by Aslan himself, I charge you—”
“Oh!” said the three travelers as though they had been hurt. “It’s the sign,” said Puddleglum. “It was the words of the sign,” said Scrubb more cautiously. “Oh, what are we to do?” said Jill.
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The Silver Chair Symbol Timeline in The Silver Chair
The timeline below shows where the symbol The Silver Chair appears in The Silver Chair. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11
...before coming to the Underland and, at night, the Earthmen tie him to a silver chair because he transforms into a raving lunatic who attacks whoever is nearby. Additionally, if he...
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...will say anything and everything to try to get them to release them from the chair. He urges them not to give in, no matter what he says.
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...can. When they return to the dining room, the Knight is strapped to his silver chair. He begs them to free him. He claims that—counter to what he said before—nighttime is...
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...Aslan asked Jill to memorize, so the group collectively decides to free him from the chair. Once the Knight is free, he picks up a sword and cuts the chair in...
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Chapter 12
...by the Queen of the Underland. When the Queen sees Rilian free and the silver chair destroyed, she orders the Earthmen out of the room and tells them not to return...
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