“Why should one pretend? “Think of all the beauty in the world that is covered up and overlaid. I cannot explain beyond that. “What are your objections?” she said. That was one of the mysterious qualities of this child of the lagoon: she had always at instant service that Oriental mask of impenetrable calm that no Occidental trick could dislodge. Jack hastily retreated, and taking the first means of concealment that occurred to him, descended the cellar steps. I shall start at the bottom. "Ah!" he exclaimed, "a letter, beginning 'dearest Aliva,'—that's your mother's name, Thames. After a certain amount of manœuvring, however, he was induced to crawl around, and in a few minutes came to stop again before a tall brightly-painted house, which seemed like an oasis of colour and assertive prosperity in a long dingy row.
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