But he may remain with you if he pleases: I sha'n't hinder him. Lucy sat paralyzed, as still as Tiger Lily on the death raft. Alderley’s company of militia being his own, he was able to choose duty periods convenient to himself and his captain, and was under no obligation to wear dress uniform. He did like her, anyhow; he was always pleased to be with her. The room was intimate and wonderful to her with its shadows now cast over the girlish menagerie of stuffed animals. He would advise you how to get rid of the fellow. 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. Why did he imagine she was making this journey to England? She feigned interest.
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