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“You have dyed your hair and darkened your eyebrows. But men of the Spurlock type, who walk straight, who are unobtrusive and intensely pale, they break swiftly and inexplicably. 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. ‘I do not know your Gérard. You are different from all the world for me. “To think that you were going to do it—and never said a word! You are a little thin, but except for that you look—you look better than ever. It was open. It would hurt no one. “What happened to your parents, Lucy? Is it all right if I ask?” Lucy looked at her with a soft gaze. But in a little while you will awake; and if there is a spark of manhood in you, you will be horrified at this day's work. In fine, to marry Ruth (if she would consent) as a punishment for what he had done! To whip his soul so long as he lived, but to let his body go free! To provide for her, to work and dream for her, to be tender and thoughtful and loyal, to shelter and guard her, to become accountable to God for her future. Tears began to stream from her cheeks. Blueskin and the Minters were dragging Wood to the pump.
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