The one unthinkable thing would be to leave King unsought for.

Suddenly it occurred to me to try that door underneath the steps; so I kissed my hand irreverently to the quarterguard of harridans, and turned my back on them--which I daresay was the most unwise move that I ever made in my whole life.

I have done things that were more disastrous in the outcome, but never anything more deserving of ruin.
Have you ever been tackled, tripped and hog-tied by women?
Run rather than risk it! They threw a rope over my shoulders from behind, and I felt the foot of one termagant in the small of my back as she hauled taut.

I spun round and stepped forward to slacken the noose and free myself, and two more nooses went over my head in swift succession.

Another caught my right foot--another my right hand! More women came, with more ropes.