Hence, unchallenged, the wise woman carried the
princess down the marble stairs, out at the palace-door, down a
great flight of steps outside, across a paved court, through the
brazen gates, along half-roused streets where people were opening
their shops, through the huge gates of the city, and out into the
wide road, vanishing northwards; the princess struggling and
screaming all the time, and the wise woman holding her tight. When
at length she was too tired to struggle or scream any more, the wise
woman unfolded her cloak, and set her down; and the princess saw the
light and opened her swollen eyelids. There was nothing in sight
that she had ever seen before. City and palace had disappeared. They
were upon a wide road going straight on, with a ditch on each side
of it, that behind them widened into the great moat surrounding the
city. She cast up a terrified look into the wise woman's face, that
gazed down upon her gravely and kindly. Now the princess did not in
the least understand kindness.
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