The cloth was then tightly drawn over the Ugly One's face and knotted at the back of his neck.
He was dressed in clothes that had once been good, but now were sadly worn and frayed.

His silk stockings had holes in them, and his shoes were stub-toed and needed blackening.

"But what can you expect," whispered Betsy, "when the poor man has been a prisoner for so many years ?" Shaggy had darted forward, and embraced his newly found brother with both his arms.

The brother also embraced Shaggy, who then led him forward and introduced him to all the assembled company.
"This is the new Nome King," he said when he came to Kaliko.

"He is our friend, and has granted you your freedom." "That is a kindly deed," replied Ugly in a sad voice, "but I dread to go back to the world in this direful condition.