"
The foregoing conversation, having been conducted throughout in a low tone,
and apart, had not reached the ears of Mr. Traps, set with peculiar cunning; she had encountered them everywhere. " And he strode out of the
place. 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. Wood made no reply; but, hastily kissing his weeping daughter, and bidding
her be of good cheer, hurried off. ’
‘Poor little devil,’ said Gerald, genuinely sorry for her. "
"Puppy-love. “What happened then?” Michelle asked fearfully. Sepulchre's church was covered—so was the tower. She stood among them, watching them and
feeling curiously alien to them. "
O'Higgins laughed. Yes, I can readily believe it.
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