"Oh!" he cried in some consternation, "that is your grandmother's
lamp!
We _must_ get her out. I will go and find her. The house may fall, you
know."
"My grandmother is in no danger," said Irene, smiling.
"Here, Curdie, take the princess while I get on my horse," said the
king.
Curdie took the princess again, and both turned their eyes to the globe
of light. The same moment there shot from it a white bird, which,
descending with outstretched wings, made one circle round the king
and
Curdie and the princess, and then glided up again. The light and the
pigeon vanished together.
"Now, Curdie," said the princess, as he lifted her to her father's arms,
"you see my grandmother knows all about it, and isn't frightened. I
believe she could walk through that water and it wouldn't wet her a
bit."
"But, my child," said the king, "you will be cold if you haven't
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