He was dressed with the utmost care, and he set his feet upon the broad walk as though the action were in some way a condescension. . 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. She delighted in frustrating him. ‘Ah, non,’ exclaimed the husband. "Jack," said Wild, with a glance of malignant triumph, "I will now tell you what I have done. Someday I'll take you down there and have them rig up the coconut dance for you.
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