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. A little smothered cry broke from her lips—the curtains were thrown aside and a man stepped out. She, having all the confidence in the world, ripped off an end and drew out the contents—a letter and a check. Sydney and Brendon vied with one another in their efforts to engage Anna in conversation, and Miss Ellicot, during the momentary lull, deemed it a favourable opportunity to recommence siege operations. But it means no end of a row. ‘Not if I heard him aright. ‘Of course the fellow has doubtless stayed put to wait for you,’ retorted Hilary. ” “Don’t imperil my reputation before I am established,” she answered, smiling. “Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
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