[The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookThe Princess and the Goblin CHAPTER 20 5/11
It was not the time for gossamers though; and Irene soon discovered that it was her own thread she saw shining on before her in the light of the morning.
It was leading her she knew not whither; but she had never in her life been out before sunrise, and everything was so fresh and cool and lively and full of something coming, that she felt too happy to be afraid of anything. After leading her up a good distance, the thread turned to the left, and down the path upon which she and Lootie had met Curdie.
But she never thought of that, for now in the morning light, with its far outlook over the country, no path could have been more open and airy and cheerful.
She could see the road almost to the horizon, along which she had so often watched her king-papa and his troop come shining, with the bugle-blast cleaving the air before them; and it was like a companion to her.
Down and down the path went, then up, and then down and then up again, getting rugged and more rugged as it went; and still along the path went the silvery thread, and still along the thread went Irene's little rosy-tipped forefinger.
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