CHAPTER XXV.

A SLEEPLESS NIGHT FOR BULGER AND ME AND WHAT FOLLOWED

IT.—INTERVIEW WITH KING GELIDUS.—MY REQUEST AND HIS REPLY.—WHAT

ALL TOOK PLACE WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE KING AND HIS COUNCILLORS

HAD DECIDED NOT TO GRANT MY REQUEST.—STRANGE TUMULT AMONG THE

KOLTYKWERPS, AND HOW HIS FRIGID MAJESTY STILLED IT, AND SOME

OTHER THINGS. 171