Laughter, joy and song are the only good things in the world." Trot did not answer this queer speech, for just then they came to a flight of stairs, and Sacho climbed up them while the others swam.
And now they were in a lofty, broad corridor having many doors hung with seaweed draperies.

At one of these doorways Sacho stopped and said, "Here is the Rose Chamber where the master commands you to live until you die.

You may wander anywhere in the castle as you please; to leave it is impossible.

Whenever you return to the Rose Chamber, you will know it by this design of roses sewn in pearls upon the hangings.

The Peony Room where the man-fish is to live is the next one farther on." "Thank you," replied Queen Aquareine.