’ ‘It is so in a convent, you see,’ she explained airily. Are we to see him here?" "Yes, my love. You see, it is that I begin to like you, even that you are of this disposition extremely interfering. I do like to see old friends back here. They sat down, McClintock reaching for a lump of sugar which he began munching. This was his sister, evidently in the last extremity. 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. You do not need my compliments. You will be wearing your travelling dress, and no doubt you would prefer it. He made a quick movement towards her, but she did not flinch. If I surprised her, if I saw her alone, I might make her understand.
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