"Never mind, Princess Irene," he said. "You mustn't kiss me to-night.
But you sha'n't break your word. I will come another time. You may be
sure I will."
"Oh, thank you, Curdie!" said the princess, and stopped crying.
"Good night, Irene; good night, Lootie," said Curdie, and turned and
was
out of sight in a moment.
"I should like to see him!" muttered the nurse, as she carried the
princess to the nursery.
"You _will_ see him," said Irene. "You may be sure Curdie will keep his
word. He's _sure_ to come again."
"I should like to see him!" repeated the nurse, and said no more. She
did not want to open a new cause of strife with the princess by saying
more plainly what she meant. Glad enough that she had succeeded
both in
getting home unseen, and in keeping the princess from kissing the
miner's boy, she resolved to watch her far better in future. Her
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