rooms--all just as she had seen them before. Through passage after
passage she softly sped, comforting herself that if she should lose her
way it would not matter much, because when she woke she would find
herself in her own bed, with Lootie not far off. But as if she had known
every step of the way, she walked straight to the door at the foot of
the narrow stair that led to the tower.
"What if I should realliality-really find my beautiful old grandmother
up there!" she said to herself, as she crept up the steep steps.
When she reached the top, she stood a moment listening in the dark,
for
there was no moon there. Yes! it was! it was the hum of the
spinning-wheel! What a diligent grandmother to work both day and
night!
She tapped gently at the door.
"Come in, Irene," said the sweet voice.
The princess opened the door, and entered. There was the moonlight
streaming in at the window, and in the middle of the moonlight sat the
old lady in her black dress with the white lace, and her silvery hair
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