"Not so, Sir Rowland," returned Jonathan; "you are my prisoner. He was reaching wearily for some kind of buffer to his
harrying conscience. “Why, among other things, did I put my knuckles in his neck—deliberately to
hurt him?”
She tried to sound the humorous note. "
"I, Sir!—I swear——"
"Tush!" interrupted Jonathan, harshly. ”
She picked at her sandwich idly. Come into the parlour, Winifred, and dry your eyes directly, or I'll send
you to bed. "Strange!" he continued, as if talking to
himself. It had gone with the rest. 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. Lord, what a state I was in! Night after night I sat
there, I watched her come in, I watched her go. "
"Pshaw!" said Wild. Besides, you cannot tell
where it will end.
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