To be free of outward distraction, he shut his eyes and concentrated upon the scraps she had given him; and shortly, with his eyes still closed, he began to describe Ruth's island: the mountain at one end, with the ever-recurring scarves of mist drifting across the lava-scarred face; the jungle at the foot of it; the dazzling border of white sand; the sprawling store of the trader and the rotting wharf, sundrily patched with drift-wood; the native huts on the sandy floor of the palm groves; the scattered sandalwood and ebony; the screaming parakeets in the plantains; the fishing proas; the mission with its white washed walls and barren frontage; the lagoon, fringed with coco palms, now ruffled emerald, now placid sapphire. When he had finished he took up the wine list and ordered a bottle of dry champagne. The haste to send her upon her way now had but one interpretation—the recognition of his own immediate danger, the fear that if this tender association continued, he would end in offering her a calamity quite as impossible as that which had happened—the love of a man who was in all probability older than her father! The hurt was no less intensive because it was so ridiculous. She cried for hours but would not scream as her mother was packed into a marble coffin. "He stands before you," rejoined her son. "I release you from your promise. His interest was divided: while his ears drank in the sounds, his glance constantly roved from Ruth to the performer and back to Ruth. "How are you off there, Shoplatch?" inquired Kneebone. "If we take him, I don't mind giving you a share—say a fourth—provided you lend a helping hand. . “Good-bye, John,” she said simply. Miss Ellicot pursed her lips and sat a little more upright. Keeping to the shadow of the house, he crept forward until he could see better without, he hoped, being seen. Someone ought to be with him until the doctor arrives. ” “Fine.
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