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

           

           Atlength,onetimehecameoutofhiscave,hespiedfaroffonthehorizon,ashiningpeakthatroseintotheskylikethetopofsometremendousiceberg;andhisvesselwasbearinghimstraighttowardsit.Asitwentonthepeakroseandrosehigherandhigherabovethehorizon;andotherpeaksroseafterit,withsharpedgesandjaggedridgesconnectingthem.Diamondthoughtthismustbetheplacehewasgoingto;andhewasright;forthemountainsroseandrose,tillhesawthelineofthecoastattheirfeetandatlengththeicebergdroveintoalittlebay,allaroundwhichwereloftyprecipiceswithsnowontheirtops,andstreaksoficedowntheirsides.Thebergfloatedslowlyuptoaprojectingrock.Diamondsteppedonshore,andwithoutlookingbehindhimbegantofollowanaturalpathwhichledwindinglytowardsthetopoftheprecipice.

           Whenhereachedit,hefoundhimselfonabroadtableofice,alongwhichhecouldwalkwithoutmuchdifficulty.Beforehim,ataconsiderabledistance,rosealoftyridgeofice,whichshotupintofantasticpinnaclesandtowersandbattlements.Theairwasverycold,andseemedsomehowdead,fortherewasnottheslightestbreathofwind.

           Inthecentreoftheridgebeforehimappearedagapliketheopeningofavalley.Butashewalkedtowardsit,gazing,andwonderingwhetherthatcouldbethewayhehadtotake,hesawthatwhathadappearedagapwastheformofawomanseatedagainsttheicefrontoftheridge,leaningforwardswithherhandsinherlap,andherhairhangingdowntotheground.

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