"Very well, Curdie; but you can't get out without coming this way, and
I
will take you through the house, for that is nearest."
They met no one by the way, for indeed, as before, the people were
here
and there and everywhere searching for the princess. When they got in,
Irene found that the thread, as she had half expected, went up the old
staircase, and a new thought struck her. She turned to Curdie and
said--
"My grandmother wants me. Do come up with me, and see her. Then
you will
know that I have been telling you the truth. Do come--to please me,
Curdie. I can't bear you should think I say what is not true."
"I never doubted you believed what you said," returned Curdie. "I only
thought you had some fancy in your head that was not correct."
"But do come, dear Curdie."
The little miner could not withstand this appeal, and though he felt shy
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