She resumed
her on guard position, and glaring steadily at him, waited again. ” He smiled and buzzed her in to the glass
doors, which opened by an unseen electronic hand. Only a book detective could dope this out. “I’d have to sneak out after everyone was asleep. ‘Does she need a
dowry for that?’
‘Melusine believes so, and that is what counts. “I hope that it has not done any harm. 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. . He put his free arm around her and held the censer ready; and as Ruth snuggled
her cheek against his sleeve, they were, so far as intent, in each other's arms.
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