‘Can I ask a question?’ said Richard. ‘Certainly not,’ said the Marquis. ‘You don’t ask any questions. You don’t get any answers. You don’t stray from the path. You don’t even think about what’s happening to you right now. Got it?’ ‘But—?’ ‘Most important of all: no buts, Now, we have a damsel to undistress,’ said de Carabas.
