the contented... oof. "contented" probably means "satisfied" in this context.
Answer:
The Princess sent him to the door to his right which is the one with the lady. The Lady does not want him killed by the Tiger. She worried that he would have not went in the door to his right and would go into the opposite door where the tiger was to his left because the Princesses father does not want them together while they are in love with each other!!
A) rare to find and hard to form because in the passage, it mentions that you need specific conditions but they are hard to find (because they get destroyed before they are discovered)
Discomfiture
noun. [mass noun] A feeling of unease or embarrassment; awkwardness. 'many MPs are secretly enjoying his discomfiture
