hesitated to come and nurse you, if they had told me."
"I didn't see you were lame," said his mother.
"Am I, mother? Oh--yes--I suppose I ought to be. I declare I've never
thought of it since I got up to go down amongst the cobs!"
"Let me see the wound," said his mother.
He pulled down his stocking--when behold, except a great scar, his leg
was perfectly sound!
Curdie and his mother gazed in each other's eyes, full of wonder, but
Irene called out--
"I thought so, Curdie! I was sure it wasn't a dream. I was sure my
grandmother had been to see you.--Don't you smell the roses? It was
my
grandmother healed your leg, and sent you to help me."
"No, Princess Irene," said Curdie; "I wasn't good enough to be allowed
to help you: I didn't believe you. Your grandmother took care of you
without me."
Madhuri Noah
C:\Users\MNoah\Documents\The Princess and the Goblin1.docx
Page 281 of 634