“Irene’s clue” — after being woken up by a frightening noise, Princess Irene remembered her grandmother’s words and placed her ring underneath her pillow. Safely anchored there, she then felt her way along the thread, and was surprised to find it lead away from her grandmother’s stair.

“Goblin counsels” — from his prison cell within the goblin palace, Curdie overhears the royal family talk about what they should do with him.

“Curdie’s clue” — after many nights of observing goblins and getting no closer to understanding their great and wicked plan, Curdie decides it’s time to follow his string out of the caves and back to the sunlight where he can go home for some much needed rest. Little does he know that on this particular night, his string no longer leads him back the way he came.

“Springtime” — having waited out a long winter, Irene’s king-papa makes his way back to see her and hear all about her misadventures with the goblins.

“The ring” — Princess Irene is back from her misadventure and shares what details she can with a very relieved Lootie. She also finds the courage to ask Lootie where she got her grandmother’s ring.

“Woven and then spun” — Princess Irene heard the sweet voice of her grandmother and let herself into her bedroom. There she showed just how dirty and miserable she was from her encounter with the long-legged goblin cat, and there she was given the gift her great-grandmother had prepared for her.

“The night week” — Determined to not give Lootie any reason to suspect that she had plans to find her great-great-grandmother once more, Princess Irene was on her best behaviour waiting for the day she was supposed to return. At last, the night arrived, but just as Princess Irene eagerly awaited the right moment to slip away, something unexpected and frightful happened.

“The cobs’ creatures” — during the nightly watch of the grounds, the king’s men-at-arms encounter such strange and startling creatures that they begin to doubt their own senses.

“A short chapter about Curdie” — determined to discover the real plan of the goblins, Curdie and his father invite Mrs. Peterson into their investigation.

“The old lady’s bedroom” — unable to sleep one evening, Princess Irene makes her way through the house and finds the staircase to her old great grandmother. As though led by moonlight, she makes her way up the stairs to see if she truly is real, or just a dream as she’d begun to believe.