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 "Good evening!" returned the old woman, in a voice as old as herself.

But Curdie took off his cap and said,—

"I am your servant, princess."

The old woman replied,—

"Come to me in the dove-tower to-morrow night, Curdie—alone."

"I will, ma'am," said Curdie.

So they parted, and father and son went home to wife and mother—two persons in one rich, happy woman.