He could not consider her handsome. Her nose was certainly broader
at
the end than its extreme length, and her eyes, instead of being
horizontal, were set up like two perpendicular eggs, one on the broad,
the other on the small, end. Her mouth was no bigger than a small
buttonhole until she laughed, when it stretched from ear to ear--only
to be sure her ears were very nearly in the middle of her cheeks.
Anxious to hear everything they might say, Curdie ventured to slide
down
a smooth part of the rock just under him, to a projection below, upon
which he thought to rest. But whether he was not careful enough, or
the
projection gave way, down he came with a rush on the floor of the
cavern, bringing with him a great rumbling shower of stones.
The goblins jumped from their seats in more anger than
consternation,
for they had never yet seen anything to be afraid of in the palace. But
when they saw Curdie with his pick in his hand, their rage was mingled
with fear, for they took him for the first of an invasion of miners. The
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