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. Was anything missed after the lad's departure, Sir Rowland?" "Not that I'm aware of," said the knight. CHAPTER I. "I'm sorry," she said. ‘The nuns, they teach prayer and obedience. " "Poh, poh, my dear! Mr. You must remember, you've just begun to read; you haven't any comparisons. You come to visit a completely different gentleman at his home. He knew not how to act, urged as he was in two directions. The Northern Ocean keeps a secret better than the Thames, Sir Rowland. A moment afterwards, the street was illumined by a blaze of torchlight, and a tumultuous uproar, mixed with the clashing of weapons, and the braying of horns, announced the arrival of the first detachment of Minters. He has a very summary mode of dealing with refractory persons, I assure you. " "If I disobey you, Sir Rowland," replied the thief-taker, "you'll thank me for it hereafter.
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