The naga was mastered; and the doctor, hunting out where Helen had been placed, she was soon afterwards sobbing in her father’s arms.
Volume Three—Chapter Twenty Three.
The Return to Sindang.
For a time no one spoke in the doctor’s cottage; but old Stuart took a very large and a very loud pinch of snuff, which seemed as if he had been loading his nose with powder, for it went off directly after with a report-like sneeze that made the jalousies rattle.
“Is—is this—these words—are they true?” said Mrs Bolter, at last, with unnatural calmness.
“Yes, yes, my dear, quite true!” cried Mrs Barlow, excitedly.
“Did—did you hear anything of this, Mr Stuart?” said Mrs Bolter, in a low, constrained voice.
“Well, I did hear—am I to tell you?”