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Updated: May 1, 2025
He must be very much finer when he is fat, for he is broad and tall, and looks strong; but he is thin just now oh, so thin! as thin almost as Ippegoo!" Ippegoo's mother took this in good part, as, indeed, it was intended. "But that will soon mend with stuffing," continued Nuna.
"Even my good-natured friend Okiok here would be ready to murder his wife Nuna if he was full of mad water." This unexpected statement took our kindly Eskimo so much by surprise that for a moment or two he could not speak. Then he thundered forth "Never! What! kill Nuna? If I was stuffed with mad water from the toes to the eyelids, I could not kill Nuna."
She had cause for surprise, for never since their wedding-day had Nuna beheld such an expression on the fat face of her amiable husband. "Okiok," she said, "have you seen an evil spirit?" "No," he replied. "Why, then, do you glare?"
"My grandchild, Nuna, desired to see you, as Englishmen at present rarely visit my court," he said, after the usual complimentary speeches had been exchanged; "except my worthy friend there, the khan, she has never set eyes on a white man."
His hope was that the girl might have been to some other locality, and had perhaps returned during his absence; but the first glance at Nuna put that hope to flight, for the poor woman was in a state of terrible anxiety.
He had his stanch friend Burnett by his side, and he could rely on Dhunna Singh and his sons; while Faithful, he felt sure, would defend him with her life. He was not, however, so much concerned about his own personal safety as he was for that of Nuna; and as every supporter was of consequence, he could not help wishing for the return of Dick Thuddichum.
Dick, however, was calculating too much on his own powers, though he truly felt ready to do battle with the infuriated rebels coming up to him. They were not many paces off, when at that instant a tigress was seen bounding along towards them. Nuna, who caught sight of the savage-looking animal, uttered a scream. "There it comes! Oh, it will kill us!" she exclaimed.
So a gown, and other articles of European female attire, were sent for to the Khan's house; for he was a married man; and when they were brought, Nuna was told to retire and put them on. The quail-fight proceeded on the table. Then Nuna reappeared in her new costume. A more miserable transformation it is hardly possible to imagine. The clothes hung loosely about her, in forlorn dowdyness.
But observing that Nuna and her daughter did not share their alarm, they soon recovered, and when Rooney at last sat up and began to look grave, they evidently felt somewhat ashamed of themselves. Pussimek at last seized the mother of Ippegoo by the legs, and with a strong pull extracted her from the tunnel. Issek, being thus set free, quickly made her exit.
Should they enter, or descend to the bottom of the tower? They listened at the door, but no sound came forth. This made Reginald believe that Nuna must be its occupant. Still, he thought it prudent to explore the lower part of the building before attempting to gain an entrance.
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