dust from her frock. Oh what old dust it was! Then she wiped her eyes
with her hands, for princesses don't always have their handkerchiefs in
their pockets any more than some other little girls I know of. Next,
like a true princess, she resolved on going wisely to work to find her
way back: she would walk through the passages, and look in every
direction for the stair. This she did, but without success. She went
over the same ground again and again without knowing it, for the
passages and doors were all alike. At last, in a corner, through a
half-open door, she did see a stair. But alas! it went the wrong way:
instead of going down, it went up. Frightened as she was, however, she
could not help wishing to see where yet further the stair could lead. It
was very narrow, and so steep that she went up like a four-legged
creature on her hands and feet.
CHAPTER III
Madhuri Noah
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