A film of dust lay upon it; the ink marks were ancient. We never supposed you helped yourself to a picture set with diamonds—not we!" "Is the guv'ner consarned in this job?" asked Terence, in a whisper. She stopped eating. And even she was forced to admit to herself that this last resource of hers was a slender reed on which to lean. ” His shoulders relaxed. 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. From where had he come, and why? An author! To her he would be no less interesting because he was unsuccessful. "Ah!" cried Wild, laying down his pen and looking up with a smile of satisfaction.
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