It was dangerous for her
to dare approaching him and she knew the tremendous
risk she was taking, but a part of her demanded that he be
found. Here was the same Ruth who had left him a few minutes
since: the same outwardly; and yet…!
On the ninth day Spurlock was up and about; that is, he was strong enough to
walk alone, from the companion to his chair, to lean upon the rail when the chair
grew irksome, to join Ruth and his employer at lunch and dinner: strong enough
to argue about books, music, paintings. He had the air of a man who has said too much. Be warned by your father's
fate. “Who is the tenant of these rooms?” he inquired. When she told him that the natives called her The Dawn Pearl, his delight was
unbounded. Sheppard's door, they were always sufficiently on the alert to maintain their
privileges, and to assist each other against the attacks of their common enemy—
the sheriff's officer.
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