He returned figuratively to his bed—the bed he had made for himself and in which he must for ever lie. The carpenter well knew from the obstacle which had interfered with his own progress, that the unknown could not have passed through the same lock as himself. "Are you returning to Hong-Kong to-morrow by the day boat?" For a moment Ruth was astonished at the sound of the spinster's voice. She immediately took the pillows from under the head of the man who had two names, released the collar and tie, and arranged the arms alongside the body. "It reminds you of a red sea suddenly petrified. She discovered him sitting upon the floor beside his open trunk. Arrived at her side, it was soon evident, from the throng of seamen in Dutch dresses that displayed themselves, that her crew were on the alert, and a rope having been thrown down to the skipper, he speedily hoisted himself on deck. ‘You wound me to the heart, Melusine. She creaked, groaned, and rattled; but that was only her way of yawning when she awoke. He wisely refrained from questioning the manager of the Victoria. Then came the shock of the knowledge that soon he would be going upon his way, that there would be no one to depend upon her; and all the old loneliness came smothering down upon her again. The world isn’t ready for girls to start out on their own yet; that’s the plain fact of the case.
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