There was a little pause between them, full for Ann Veronica of rapid elusive suspicions and intimations. 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. Mark stayed away from Lucy, which was just as Sheila liked it. “Punctual. ’ ‘Excellent,’ Gerald had approved. ‘You little fool! I’m a trained soldier with ten years experience at my back. Soon the trunk, portmanteau and hat box were ready. ‘Why does this person say you are mad?’ ‘Because I am risking having my head blown off,’ Gerald answered cheerfully. “WHAT a place! “Stuffy isn’t the word for it. From a bi-secting street came shouting and music. ’ Gerald laughed. " "Doubt me not," replied Thames. "We shall never be able to get you out unseen, Jack," whispered Poll Maggot.
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