He
secretly believed that Button-Bright had taken the Book from the
Treasure Chamber, and if this were true it might prove as great a
misfortune as if the king had kept it locked up. For Button-Bright
had escaped into the Fog Bank, and Ghip-Ghisizzle was afraid the boy
would never again be seen in the Blue Country.
He did not tell the Boolooroo of this suspicion, because in that
case the king would realize he was secure and that his deception
could never be proved against him. The Majordomo simply denied
taking the Record Book, and the Boolooroo did not believe he spoke
truly. To prevent his rival from ever becoming the Ruler of the Blue
Country, the Boolooroo determined to have him patched, but for some
time he could find no other Blueskin to patch him with. No one had
disobeyed a command or done anything wrong, so the king was in a
quandary until he discovered that a servant named Tiggle had mixed
the royal nectar for Cap'n Bill, who had been ordered to do it at
the time of his capture. This was sufficient excuse for the
Boolooroo, who at once had Tiggle made a prisoner and brought before
him.
This servant was not so long-legged as Ghip-Ghisizzle, and his head
was thicker and his nose flatter. But that pleased the Boolooroo all
the more. He realized that when the great knife had sliced the
prisoners in two and their halves were patched together, they would
present a ridiculous sight and all the Blueskins would laugh at them
and avoid them.
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