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. "Here's one of the thieves, Sir Rowland!" cried the attendant. ’ ‘Ah, you know about that, then?’ ‘That much, yes. It wouldn’t be you. "I tell you what, Mr. ” “My wife was astounded—wounded beyond measure. “Never mind, old chap,” he declared. And beyond this, Lady Lescelles, as you must know, recent events have set a good many people’s tongues wagging, and I am quite determined to live down all this scandal before I think of marrying any one. Let us be gone. Further on, there was a small chandler's shop, where Jack observed an old woman seated at the counter, attended by a little girl. ‘You know about that?’ ‘It was the only possible deduction. “No thanks, Cathy. gutenberg.
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