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. When she had
finished the first tale, there was a sense of disappointment. What can she be? The wife of a country
tradesman, or a duchess? And such a meek little husband too. "To-morrow night!" said Spurlock, in a wondering whisper. "One of the consequences of
criminal conduct, is the shame and disgrace which—worse than any punishment
the evil-doer can suffer—is brought by it upon the innocent relatives; and, if
Jack had considered this, perhaps he would not have acted as he has done, and
have entailed so much misery on his unhappy parent. "
"What for? What do you want of them?"
"Why, they are … yours. They had their little dreams about her.
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