He knew my name, and also that I
had been living in Paris, and a man doesn’t risk claiming a girl for his wife, as a
rule, for nothing. Down we come!" he exclaimed, letting go the plank, which fell
with a crash, and leaping after Sheppard, who had rolled off the frame. She feared he might take her tears as a sign of
weakness. ’
‘Yes, she duped me finely,’ agreed Gerald. “Is that so? Who says?” He demanded, his eyebrows
arching as he looked at her with puerile glee. “John?”
He turned around in the recliner. Her lips parted, but no words came. Spurlock dove headlong at the other's legs, toppling the
man. 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. ” Michelle relayed the information as if she had
been there, though she had not. Then he turned with a fierce
movement to take her into his arms.
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