He had nothing more to say either to her or to Spurlock. A slight rain fell at the time; and a few leaves, caught by the eddies, whirled around. But we waste time. All the same, I don’t admit it. 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. ‘Well, water under the bridge is that, miss. Even so much allusion as this to that family shadow, she felt, was an immense recognition of her ripening years. They seem to spend their time yawning and inspecting their neighbour’s dresses through those hateful glasses. Ann Veronica listened thoughtfully, with her eyes on the turf, and now and then she asked a question or looked up to discuss a point. They're apt to be surly to strangers, but it soon wears off.
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