"Oh, never mind, Curdie!" answered the princess. "You couldn't, you
know. You do believe me now, don't you?"
"I can't help it now. I ought to have helped it before."
"Why can't you help it now?"
"Because, just as I was going into the mountain to look for you, I got
hold of your thread, and it brought me here."
"Then you've come from my house, have you?"
"Yes, I have."
"I didn't know you were there."
"I've been there two or three days, I believe."
"And I never knew it!--Then perhaps you can tell me why my
grandmother
has brought me here? I can't think. Something woke me--I didn't know
what, but I was frightened, and I felt for the thread, and there it was!
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