"
"We'll see that, young hempseed," replied Sharples, shutting the hatch furiously
in his face, and locking it. And if you mean to use that
dagger to slip the lock, you’ll make enough noise to bring ten spies down on us. The Oriental waterfronts were rank
with the stuff. And yet, Spurlock was afraid of the
doctor; so was Ruth. and Mrs. "Save him," replied Jonathan. "
For a long time after O'Higgins had gone the doctor rocked in his swivel chair,
his glance directed at the map. "
"Perhaps, I wasn't," returned Thames, gloomily, as the remembrance of Jonathan
Wild's foul insinuation crossed him. 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. There was a great splash of blood upon it, her hand was all
wet and sticky. The evening breeze came; the bamboo shades on the
veranda clicked and rasped; the loose edges of the manuscript curled.
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