great-grandmother than Peter and Curdie were in the arms of Mrs.
Peterson. True, her hands were hard, and chapped, and large, but it
was
with work for them; and therefore in the sight of the angels, her hands
were so much the more beautiful. And if Curdie worked hard to get her
a
petticoat, she worked hard every day to get him comforts which he
would
have missed much more than she would a new petticoat even in winter.
Not
that she and Curdie ever thought of how much they worked for each
other:
that would have spoiled everything.
When left alone in the mine, Curdie always worked on for an hour or
two
first, following the lode which, according to Glump, would lead at last
into the deserted habitation. After that, he would set out on a
reconnoitering expedition. In order to manage this, or rather the
return
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