“You haven’t come here to make a lot
of difficulties?” she asked. “I saw you in a sort of sloping, slippery place, holding on by your
hands and slipping. 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. Ann Veronica glanced at the mirror to discover a flushed and dishevelled
disorder. ‘There were the Comte and Comtesse de St Erme. Which was not to say that ladies were not interested in him. All
the furniture was moved, all the meals were disarranged, and everybody, Ann
Veronica included, appeared in new, bright costumes. I was among the common herd in the
place below, but I took good care to see you. "
"Probably Mr. Please sit down, Miss
—dear me, I haven’t asked you your name yet.
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