”
They stared at each other through a pause, and both faces were flushed and
obstinate. ”
“I am glad that you have a reasonable excuse for not having been to see me,” she
said good-humouredly. Nobody toys with me. "I wonder if you will understand what this kindness means
to me? I am so terribly wise—and so wofully ignorant!"
CHAPTER XII
The doctor shifted his books and magazines to the crook of his elbow. In Europe or in America people would have
smiled; but in Singapore—the half-way port of the world—where a human
kaleidoscope tumbles continuously east and west, no one had remarked her. It consisted of a close jerkin of brown frieze, ornamented with a
triple row of brass buttons; loose Dutch slops, made very wide in the seat and
very tight at the knees; red stockings with black clocks, and a fur cap. I suppose the phrase—the word—originally meant a
man who searched for food on the beach. ‘What in God’s name is going on?’
Glancing swiftly towards the doorway, Gerald saw his friend’s disbelieving
face and burst out, speaking over the top of Melusine as she made another grab
for the little square of linen. She rested for a half hour in heaven
on earth, feeling herself drift in and out of sleep. "There'll be a
louder echo here presently," thought Jonathan.
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