him for one of the goblin creatures, had wounded him.
They carried him into the house, and laid him down in the hall. The
report spread that they had caught a robber, and the servants crowded
in
to see the villain. Amongst the rest came the nurse. The moment she
saw
him she exclaimed with indignation:
"I declare it's the same young rascal of a miner that was rude to me and
the princess on the mountain. He actually wanted to kiss the princess.
_I_ took good care of that--the wretch! And _he_ was prowling about-was
he? Just like his impudence!"
The princess being fast asleep, and Curdie in a faint, she could
misrepresent at her pleasure.
When he heard this, the captain, although he had considerable doubt
of
its truth, resolved to keep Curdie a prisoner until they could search
into the affair. So, after they had brought him round a little, and
attended to his wound, which was rather a bad one, they laid him, still
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