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Chapter IX. How Diamond Got To The Back Of The North Wind

           

           “Thatvesseldowntherewillgiveusaliftnow,”saidNorthWind;“andafterthatImustdothebestIcan.”

           Shemanagedtohidehimamongsttheflagsofthebigship,whichwereallsnuglystowedaway,andonandontheyspedtowardsthenorth.Atlengthonenightshewhisperedinhisear,“Comeondeck,Diamond;”andhegotupatonceandcreptondeck.Everythinglookedverystrange.Hereandthereonallsideswerehugemassesoffloatingice,lookinglikecathedrals,andcastles,andcrags,whileawaybeyondwasabluesea.

           “Isthesunrisingorsetting?”askedDiamond.

           “Neitherorboth,whichyouplease.Icanhardlytellwhichmyself.Ifheissettingnow,hewillberisingthenextmoment.”

           “Whatastrangelightitis!”saidDiamond.“Ihaveheardthatthesundoesn’tgotobedallthesummerintheseparts.MissColemantoldmethat.Isupposehefeelsverysleepy,andthatiswhythelighthesendsoutlookssolikeadream.”

           “Thatwillaccountforitwellenoughforallpracticalpurposes,”saidNorthWind.

           Someoftheicebergsweredriftingnorthwards;onewaspassingveryneartheship.NorthWindseizedDiamond,andwithasingleboundlightedononeofthem—ahugething,withsharppinnaclesandgreatclefts.Thesameinstantawindbegantoblowfromthesouth.NorthWindhurriedDiamonddownthenorthsideoftheiceberg,steppingbyitsjagsandsplintering;forthisberghadnevergotfarenoughsouthtobemeltedandsmoothedbythesummersun.

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