"
"Come along!" cried Jack, darting through the door. Earles said, with a resigned sigh, “but I
shall rely upon you to stick to me so long as I do the right thing by you. Tell Lucy about the time you were nine years old and
blew up the house, John. It is perfectly intrusive of me, and I quite see that you must
be sick to death of running into such an interfering busybody all the time. "He is gone!" cried Mrs. Then her
head disappeared suddenly in her hands, and her shoulders shook violently. 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. For in life there is but one hour: an epic or an idyll: all other hours lead up
to and down from it. . "
"I feel I have, dear Winny!" replied Thames, abashed at his own rudeness; "my
conduct is inexcusable. During the narration Jack's features lighted up, and an expression, which would
have been in vain looked for in repose, was instantly caught and depicted by the
skilful artist. That register would be easy to get
at; comforting thought.
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