something more on. Run, Curdie, my boy, and fetch anything you can
lay
your hands on, to keep the princess warm. We have a long ride before
us."
Curdie was gone in a moment, and soon returned with a great rich fur,
and the news that dead goblins were tossing about in the current
through
the house. They had been caught in their own snare; instead of the
mine
they had flooded their own country, whence they were now swept up
drowned. Irene shuddered, but the king held her close to his bosom.
Then
he turned to Sir Walter, and said--
"Bring Curdie's father and mother here."
"I wish," said the king, when they stood before him, "to take your son
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