But You Don't Get Your Dinner Just Yet

Unfortunately the passage that you stand in (in your floor-length but low-cut gown of heavy silk) is deserted. The servant James must have already gone about his other duties. You had been hoping that he would escort you to the dining-room, since one of the many things that the princess hasn't had time to tell you is where it is located.

Reluctantly, afraid of angering the princess - and worse still Maggie - you go back into her room, intending to ask her the way. But the room is deserted! Clearly she and Maggie haven't wasted any time. You assume that they must have left by magic; there wasn't time for anything else.

You sigh and go back out into the corridor. You need to find your way to the dining-room with reasonable speed, if you aren't to risk annoying the king by your lateness. You recall that the princess's room is three floors up. [131] The dining-room will presumably be on the first floor [using the American convention for floor numbering], so you need to find some stairs leading down.

1. Fortunately you can see a grand staircase just along the passage. Surely that must be the palace's main set of stairs, and therefore they should take you to somewhere close to your destination.
2. You spot a spiral staircase leading down and take it. It is only poorly lit and seems to go down a very long way. You finish up in the palace dungeons.

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