"Strange!" observed the Master; "I thought he'd been at my elbow all this time. He was apt to play so many games, she was afraid she might have misunderstood. “He naturally does not wish for connexions which are—I do not wish to hurt you feelings, Anna, but I must say it—not altogether desirable. She had even confided to him how lonely it was in the island. There was another little thing he had to say. Stay! I'll go myself. She felt she must get him talking upon some impersonal theme at any cost. "What is your name?" To-day, however, he broke the monotony. The work of plunder over, that of destruction commenced. 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. ‘Not entirely English then. "Ah!" exclaimed Lady Trafford, exerting all her strength. ’ Captain Roding looked frowningly from one to the other.
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