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"Convey our thanks to the Rajah," he said, "and say that the gracious gift will be much appreciated! I shall give myself the pleasure of calling upon him to assure him of this in person to-morrow." The messenger salaamed again deeply, and withdrew. "I wish he'd keep his precious moonstones!" grumbled the Colonel. "They are more bother than they're worth. Hurry up, there, Noel! It's getting late."
I wish she had to do a little earning. She'd find out a thing or two then. She'd find out that life isn't all moonstones and motor-cars. Ring, indeed! It's the lack of tact that annoys me. I am an ill-used man. All husbands are ill-used men. The whole system wants altering. However, I must keep my end up. And I will keep my end up. Ring, indeed! No tact!" He fostered a secret fury.
Half-way up the hill he met Bagheera with the morning dew shining like moonstones on his coat. 'Akela has missed, said the Panther. 'They would have killed him last night, but they needed thee also. They were looking for thee on the hill. 'I was among the ploughed lands. I am ready. See! Mowgli held up the fire-pot. 'Good!
"What the devil are you sneaking about here for?" he demanded. "What are you doing?" The muffled figure before him made another deep salaam. "Heaven-born, I am but a humble seller of moonstones. Will his gracious excellency be pleased to behold his servant's wares?"
And on one table stood a chessboard with chessmen carved out of moonstones. "Choose," King Loc repeated. But lifting her eyes above these treasures, Honey-Bee saw the blue sky through an opening in the roof, and as if she had comprehended that the light of day could alone give all these things their splendour, she said simply: "Little King Loc, I want to return to earth."
Her hair rose from the back in a smooth burnished loop. There were long pins of pink jade carved into blossoms, a quivering decoration of paper-thin gold leaves with moonstones in glistening drops, and a band of coral lotus buds.
When we reached the centre of the corridor the Emperor spake the word that may not be spoken, and a granite door swung back on a secret spring, and he put his hands before his face lest his eyes should be dazzled. 'Thou couldst not believe how marvellous a place it was. There were huge tortoise-shells full of pearls, and hollowed moonstones of great size piled up with red rubies.
"That doesn't make these diamonds, just because they are in the proper kind of paper," scoffed Roy. "I think they're only moonstones." "Moonstones aren't that color at all," declared Henry. "They are sort of a smoky shade." "I guess Roy means rhinestones," said Amy, with a smile. "That's it," he agreed. "They're only fakes. Who would leave a lot of diamonds like that in a box in the sand?"
It held its tail in its mouth, locking the box securely. Its eyes were two great moonstones that appeared to look up at me with half-blind amusement winking at the wisdom they had forgotten and the fear that I was feeling. I touched the box and drew my hand away in pain. It was colder than cold. Desolate, burning cold. It was two hours before the box became warm enough or cool enough to touch.
Halfway up the hill he met Bagheera with the morning dew shining like moonstones on his coat. "Akela has missed," said the Panther. "They would have killed him last night, but they needed thee also. They were looking for thee on the hill." "I was among the plowed lands. I am ready. See!" Mowgli held up the fire-pot. "Good!
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