She attended to that, and then dismissed it as unimportant. "
"Thank'ee, Sir," grinned Sheppard. 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. "
"Off!" she exclaimed, breaking from his embrace with a scream. ”
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“Then I’ll wait for you. ”
“Friends!” said her father. ’
‘And it is very stupid of you to think of such a thing, because in this case, why
should I seek out my family?’
Triumph rose in Gerald’s breast, but he took care to conceal it. ”
“Yes. So while he talked to this girl of work and freedom, his slightly protuberant
eyes were noting the gracious balance of her limbs and body across the gate, the
fine lines of her chin and neck. Moreover, she claims that
this whole enterprise of hers is purely for the purpose of marrying an
Englishman.
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