again. Every bruise and all weariness were gone, and her hands were
soft
and whole as ever.
"Now I am going to put you to bed for a good sleep," said her
grandmother.
"But what will Lootie be thinking? And what am I to say to her when
she
asks me where I have been?"
"Don't trouble yourself about it. You will find it all come right," said
her grandmother, and laid her into the blue bed, under the rosy
counterpane.
"There is just one thing more," said Irene. "I am a little anxious about
Curdie. As I brought him into the house, I ought to have seen him safe
on his way home."
"I took care of all that," answered the lady. "I told you to let him go,
and therefore I was bound to look after him. Nobody saw him, and he
is
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