The evening breeze came; the bamboo shades on the veranda clicked and rasped; the loose edges of the manuscript curled. 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. She asked the inevitable question, the one she knew Michelle was waiting to field like a quarterback anticipating the pass. He suggested they take the remains of the household to his country estate, where he could at least hunt through the winter to provide them venison and grouse. ” “Please don’t let him know I’m here yet. I’m glad you could come. "Is your father alive?" "No," returned Thames; "he was assassinated while I was an infant. ’ Captain Roding grinned. I guess we could go for a ride. ’ Kimble’s eyes widened. I stubbornly insisted that we wait, and you woke up. ” “Go ahead. " CHAPTER XV. “But, of course, she may have come from one of the other flats. What duty does a girl owe to any one before her father? Obedience to him, that is surely the first law.
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