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Nothing more happened. They reached home in safety. Nobody had missed them, or even known they had gone out; and they arrived at the door belonging to their part of the house without anyone seeing them. The nurse was rushing in with a hurried and not over-gracious good-night to Curdie; but the princess pulled her hand from hers, and was just throwing her arms around Curdie's neck, when she caught her again and dragged her away. "Lootie, Lootie, I promised Curdie a kiss," cried Irene. "A princess mustn't give kisses. It's not at all proper," said Lootie. "But I promised," said the princess. "There's no occasion; he's only a miner-boy." "He is a good boy, and a brave boy, and he has been very kind to us. Lootie! Lootie! I promised." Madhuri Noah C:\Users\MNoah\Documents\The Princess and the Goblin1.docx Page 60 of 634