. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . quakingwith fear. That palace is in the city—dont you under-stand, in the city of my bitter enemies! And theyll kill meif ever they catch me there. Peterkin laughed. And theyve sworn to kill me, too,he chuckled bravely. But never you mind—were goingback anyhow. And in spite of the old villains terror, Peterkin jumpedupon his shoulders and whipped him up, over the marshesand the sea, toward the faint gray glimpse of towers andsteeples in the far distance. XXXI THE PATIENT PRINCESS H, little Princess Clem! Think what a sad thing it was for her to be left alon
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . quakingwith fear. That palace is in the city—dont you under-stand, in the city of my bitter enemies! And theyll kill meif ever they catch me there. Peterkin laughed. And theyve sworn to kill me, too,he chuckled bravely. But never you mind—were goingback anyhow. And in spite of the old villains terror, Peterkin jumpedupon his shoulders and whipped him up, over the marshesand the sea, toward the faint gray glimpse of towers andsteeples in the far distance. XXXI THE PATIENT PRINCESS H, little Princess Clem! Think what a sad thing it was for her to be left alone in the deserted dining hall, while her royal father and all his guards rushed out to kill her brave returning hero! She had tried so hard not to cry—but the tears would come. They flooded the table-cloth and plates and set the omelets and the jam pots floating. It was only when her prying nurse came in to fetch her that Her Little -Royal Highness could dry her eyes. But, all day long, she walked up and down, up and down, 139. 140 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN in the wide Throne Room. With nervous step she marchedfrom one gilded corner to the other, her heart in a flutterof fear. But havent you heard? cried the nurse. They foundhis Pumperkin—but it was empty. The poor Peterkinmust have been drowned! That only made the princess weep the harder. Yet shenever lost hope—oh, no; she was not that sort of little ladyto lose hope! And gradually she came to realize that Peter-kin must have escaped, somehow, from his boat, and wassafe upon some new adventure. But when would he re-turn? All day she paced the marble floors, her blue eyes lightedwith a gleam of tears. Once she stopped to look out of thewindow, and she saw a great commotion at the outer gateof the court-yard. A messenger was there, seeking admis-sion : a ragged, dusty man, who asked with eager face to seethe King. The little princess recognized him at once: hewas a subject of the Valley of the Blind. . Only, had here
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