But what I do is based upon the fact that he is one of those individuals who are conscience-driven. Afraid there'll be a love-affair. They sat down, McClintock reaching for a lump of sugar which he began munching. 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 friends,” she said, “my dear friends, I am going to make the same answer to all of you—and that is perhaps you will say no answer at all. ‘How much does he know?’ Without waiting for a reply, she turned narrowed eyes on Gerald. He glanced downwards at the impetuous torrent, which he could perceive shooting past him with lightning swiftness in the gloom. Somehow. I overlooked the mechanical imperfections of your work, the utter lack of finish, the crudeness of your drawing. ‘Can’t you see he is not a gentleman with whom one can argue?’ ‘You think so?’ Melusine said dangerously, and her eyes flashed as she swept about again and confronted her grandfather once more. Remember that I’ve seen Brewis Charvill, and I’m well aware of your identity.
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