" "I was never going to tell anybody," she added. ’ To her surprise, Captain Roding backtracked. ’ A strangled sob escaped her as his thumb dug cruelly into the soft flesh of her wrist. ” “But how can I help it? How can I keep silence?” “Please!” she insisted. 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. But never mind that," said McClintock grinning as he drew the dish of bread-fruit toward him. He did like her, anyhow; he was always pleased to be with her. “I’m sorry Mister McCloskey! I was out seeing my boyfriend!” He stared at her concernedly. " "You have always spoken it?" "Yes; except for some native. “Oh, that. We have him as safe as a linnet in a cage; and could wring his neck round as easily. She had a bittersweet fragrance, like dusty books and honeysuckle. I thought one had only to take it by the throat. ’ ‘That was not what I had in mind. " "No more of this," rejoined Thames, "or we shall quarrel.
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