. 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. ‘Pitiful. "So much the worse," replied Jonathan, rising and taking a turn, as if uncertain
what to do. There came a wild rush of anthropological lore into her brain, a flare of
indecorous humor. ’
‘I think he only wants to help you, miss,’ offered Jack. She was silent, the ghost of a fading smile passed from her lips.
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