’ ‘Well, I do now,’ Lucilla said firmly, and turned back to Melusine. 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. “My God! Ann Veronica,” he said, struggling to keep his hold upon her; “my God! Tell me—tell me now—tell me you love me!” His expression was as it were rapaciously furtive. The letter will explain all. She wanted to take him in her arms and hush him, but she sat perfectly still. The room behind was another small antechamber, presumably linking the back rooms. ‘You’re right. His father spoke for him. The young lady with whom I was dining last night was Miss Anna Pellissier. We two. He thrust the smaller weapon into a scabbard that hung from his belt. Tell me what you think the island is like. Taking the opposite course from that which he had hitherto pursued when it has been necessary to attend him in his visits to the lower part of his premises, he struck into a narrow passage on the right, which he tracked till he came to a small door, like the approach to a vault. ’ ‘Oh, do they?’ Gerald said, sudden wrath kindling.
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