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Title: The princess and Curdie
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: MacDonald, George, 1824-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia London : J.B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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moment her door was shut, the other doorsbegan to open, and soon there appeared littlegroups about here and there a threshold, while afew of the more courageous ventured out uponthe square—all ready to make for their housesagain, however, upon the least sign of movementin the little thatched one. The baker and the barber had joined one ofthese groups, and were busily wagging theirtongues against Curdie and his horrible beast. He cant be honest, said the barber; for hepaid me double the worth of the pane he brokein my window. And then he told them how Curdie broke hiswindow by breaking a stone in the street with hishammer. There the baker struck in. Now that was the stone, said he, overwhich I had fallen three times within the lastmonth: could it be by fair means he broke thatto pieces at the first blow? Just to make up mymind on that point I tried his own hammeragainst a stone in the gate; it nearly broke bothmy arms, and loosened half the teeth in myhead! 146 XV. DERBA AND BARBARA
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EANTIME the wanderers werehospitably entertained by theold woman and her grandchild,and they were all very comfort-able and happy together. Little Barbara satupon Curdies knee, and he told her stories aboutthe mines and his adventures in them. But henever mentioned the king or the princess, for allthat story was hard to believe. And he told herabout his mother and his father, and how goodthey were. And Derba sat and listened. Atlast little Barbara fell asleep in Curdies arms,and her grandmother carried her to bed. It was a poor little house, and Derba gave upher own room to Curdie, because he was honestand talked wisely. Curdie saw how it was, and 147 PRINCESS AND CURDIE begged her to allow him to lie on the floor, butshe would not hear of it. In the night he was waked by Lina pulling athim. As soon as he spoke to her she ceased, andCurdie, listening, thought he heard some one try-ing to get in. He rose, took his mattock, andwent about the house, listening and watching;but although he

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