Head-nurse

"We will lift her Royal Highness out very carefully, and possibly we can put her to bed without waking her," said the Head-nurse.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The man passed the basket to the Head-nurse, and she lifted the cape of her bonnet and put a pop-corn in her mouth, and nibbled it delicately.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

He bowed low to the Baron and the Head-nurse, and left the tower.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The Head-nurse was quite clever, and she thought about the Princess's disappearance, until finally her thoughts took shape.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The next day the Head-nurse was married, and the King gave her a farm and a dozen bee-hives for a wedding present, and the Queen a beautiful bridal bonnet trimmed with white plumes and hollyhocks.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The Head-nurse looked at his grim old face through the peep-holes in her bonnet-crown, and thought to herself that if she were no prettier than he, she should not mind much either, but she said nothing.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The Pop-corn man blushed, and looked frightened, but the Head-nurse spoke up quite bravely, although her voice was so muffled, and said that she really did have some idea of the Princess's whereabouts.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

"I beg your pardon humbly, my Ladies," responded the Head-nurse meekly.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

"Oh, my lord!" cried the Head-nurse in her muffled voice, "help me to find the Princess."

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

"What is the matter with the Head-nurse?" they asked.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891