The report spread that they had caught a robber, and the servants crowded in to see the villain.

Amongst the rest came the nurse.

The moment she saw him she exclaimed with indignation: 'I declare it's the same young rascal of a miner that was rude to me and the princess on the mountain.

He actually wanted to kiss the princess.

I took good care of that--the wretch! And he was prowling about, was he?
Just like his impudence!' The princess being fast asleep, she could misrepresent at her pleasure.
When he heard this, the captain, although he had considerable doubt of its truth, resolved to keep Curdie a prisoner until they could search into the affair.