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Lady Veula alone made no reference to the future ; she simply said , " Good-bye , Comus , " but her voice was the kindest of all and he responded with a look of gratitude . Each morning , Qungujuq would study the ice with the seriousness of a scholar gazing at a palimpsest , then come to my tent and say , " Nagga . Women , squatting in front of their huts , began to pound away at the rice or maize that would form the evening meal , girls were collecting their water pots preparatory to a walk down to the river , and enterprising goats made tentative forays through gaps in the ill-kept fences of neighbouring garden plots ; their hurried retreats showed that here at least someone was keeping alert and wakeful vigil . " Elaine could think of many of her countrymen who were not and never could have been youthful , but as far as Courtenay was concerned she recognised the fitness of the remark .