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. Never
had her father explained. See what you have made of me. Well, let's beat it to the hotel. "Don't leave him, if you're at all fearful, my dear," replied Wood, receiving the
little burthen with a laugh. Am I so forgettable?”
He strode down the hall as she ran to catch up with him
past lockers someone had painted an abysmal shade of
gray blue. While the strife was raging, Edgeworth Bess walked up to Rachel, and
advised her, if she valued her life, not to scream or stir from the spot; a caution
which the housekeeper, whose curiosity far outweighed her fears, received in
very good part. “I wonder what you could do?” he said. He folded the garments carefully and replaced them on the
chair. Anna turned round with a start, which was almost of guilt, the poker still in her
hand. She must learn wisdom—as God
pleases. There was more shouting. But I will never—never return.
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