One keeps rules in
order to be one’s self. Homosexuals weren’t
looked too kindly upon in their exclusive suburban
neighborhood, not even dashing handsome ones. 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. She climbed slowly towards it, keeping close to the hedge side,
fragrant with wild roses, and holding her skirts high above the dew-laden grass. ‘I—I mean, she were—’
‘Pretty as a picture?’ suggested Gerald. ’
‘Ah yes. "Don't go, I beg of you!" she implored. We are
amiable to one another, but we don’t mix. “It has been a delightful evening
for me. I saw it this morning in the
Daily Journal—an advertisement, offering a reward—"
"A reward!" echoed Jack. ’
‘Ah, so that’s where Valade comes in,’ nodded Lucy. Why should WE hoard? We aren’t going
out presently, like Japanese lanterns in a gale. Probably he will come
around to-morrow and begin all over again. ” Lucy said, already
exhausted by her friend.
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