Close upon this came another thought. She began to read, and presently she entered another world, and remained in it for two hours. He wondered if the young fool had any idea of what he had drawn in this tragic lottery called marriage. And then amusement crept into Alderley’s chest and he let his pistol hand fall. 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. Oh, the beautiful books! Romance, adventure, love stories! She gathered up the books in her arms and cuddled them, as a mother might have cuddled a child. There were two of them. I want to fill it with fine and precious things. Then came the javelin-men, walking four abreast, and lastly, a long line of constables, marching in the same order. One has to be so careful. ” “How?” “Well—a little clumsily. “Can I bring you anything, sir—a whisky and soda, or a liqueur? You’ll excuse me, sir, but you haven’t touched your coffee.
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