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. “Dinner is served, ma’am,” he announced to Mrs. One
might suppose him turning up; he knew a lot of clever people, and some of them
might belong to the class. “If only Sir John were not Sir John I would ask you
to come and have some supper. ”
The young man accepted the letter and the message, and seemed about to close
the door when a lady issued from one of the front rooms and intervened. .
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