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. She was marvellously pretty, but he was not quite sure—yet—that it was advisable for him to sit with her in so public a place. ” The lady stood away from the door. Why should she trouble herself over that young fool, who was nothing to her; who, when he eventually sobered up, would not be able to recognize her, or if he did, as something phantasmagorical? Perhaps he should not apply the term "fool"; "unfortunate" might be the more accurate application. Oh, it is unbearable. Ruth drank in these intellectual controversies, storing away facts. Stanley decided to treat that as irrelevant. Sometimes ships would stop three or four days for water and repairs; and the men would carouse in the back room at Morgan's. No other man should touch her; she was Hoddy's, body and soul, in this life and after. He perceived clearly enough, that the chase was moving quickly; and he was also aware, from the increased rapidity with which the oars were urged, that every exertion was made on board to get out of the reach of her pursuers. “Why? Do you think I’m a stoner?” He asked. ” “That settles it. For a time he heard no more, and stared with stony eyes at a Book-War proclamation in leaded type that filled half a column of the Times that day. She herself, and one other there, recognized the interposition of something akin to tragedy.
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