'Twill do you good, lass." "Aye, come on now!" Eli urged.

"We'll take you over snug and warm in our komatik box.

Kate'll be wonderful glad to see you, and we'll bring you back the day after New Year." "I'll go," Margaret consented, her eyes dancing with pleasure.
"And there'll be no prettier lass there," said Doctor Joe gallantly, which brought a blush to Margaret's cheek and caused Eli to chuckle.
Margaret hastened her toilet and was ready in a jiffy.

She was all a-flutter with excitement when Eli tucked her in a box rigged on the rear of the komatik, and wrapped her snugly with caribou skins.
"You must have had it in mind to capture Margaret when you left home, Eli," Doctor Joe suggested with a twinkle in his eye.

"Men don't take travelling boxes when they go alone." Eli grinned sheepishly as he broke the komatik loose, and the dogs dashed away.
It was a dull cold day with a leaden sky, and snow was shifting restlessly over the ice.