By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XXII | The Old Lady And Curdie | Up the stair then they went, and the next and the next, and through the long rows of empty rooms, and up the little tower stairs, Irene growing happier and…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XXI | The Escape | As the princess lay and sobbed, she kept feeling the thread mechanically, following it with her finger many times up the stones in which it disappeared. By and by she began, still mechanically,…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XX | Irene’s Clue | That same morning, early, the princess woke in a terrible fright. There was a hideous noise in her room—of creatures snarling and hissing and racketing about as if they were fighting. The moment…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XIX | Goblin Counsels | He must have slept a long time, for when he awoke, he felt wonderfully restored—indeed he felt almost well, and he was also very hungry. There were voices in the outer cave. Once…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XVIII | Curdie’s Clue | Curdie’s was as watchful as ever, but was almost getting tired of his ill-success. Every other night or so he followed the goblins about, as they went on digging and boring, and getting…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XVII | Spring Time | The spring, so dear to all creatures, young and old, came at last, and before the first few days of it had gone, the king rode through its budding valleys to see his…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XVI | The Ring | The same moment her nurse came into the room, sobbing. When she saw her sitting there, she started back with a loud cry of amazement and joy. Then running to her, she caught…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XV | Woven And Then Spun | “Comein, Irene,” said the silvery voice of her grandmother. The princess opened the door, and peeped in. But the room was quite dark, and there was no sound of the spinning-wheel….
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XIV | That Night Week | During the whole of the week, Irene had been thinking every other moment of her promise to the old lady, although even now she could not feel quite sure that she had…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter XIII | The Cobs’ Creatures | About this time, the gentlemen whom the king had left behind him to watch over the princess, had each occasion to doubt the testimony of his own eyes, for more than strange…