When he had listened to it all, he laughed.
‘Ah, well, if that’s all I’ve got to fear I’m quite safe. He’s sure to get drowned if he tries,’ was all he said; and he refused to say anything more on the subject.
So they went quietly on till they came to a slight hill down which the road went, and from the top they could see the city shining in the morning sun.
‘It’s a very beautiful place, isn’t it?’ said the Prince.
‘Very beautiful; only my own country is far more beautiful.’
‘It must be very beautiful indeed, then. However, I suppose this is good enough for you while you are away from your own country.’
‘It’ll have to be, at any rate,’ said the Princess dismally, as they went down the hill.
They soon reached the city, and went, through crowds of bowing citizens and citizenesses, to the Palace, where they found the King and Queen anxiously awaiting them.
‘So you’ve come at last,’ the King said; ‘I was afraid that you would come to some harm with that Mumkie.’
But the Princess laughed.