She was informed by Ah Cum that the Chinaman was one of the literati and that he was expounding the deathless philosophy of Confucius, which, summed up, signified that the end of all philosophy is Nothing. “Well, you’ve seen the kitchen and the dining room, but did I show you the basement?” He asked. "But to drag this innocent child into the muck! With her head full of book nonsense—love stories and fairy stories! Have you any idea of the tragedy she is bound to stumble upon some day? I don't care about you. Perhaps what I need is something to bite in. Not then. And Miss Miniver began to sway her. “I have come for an explanation,” she said. "Sit down, and enjoy yourself. He then looked around him with some curiosity; and, as the thief-taker was occupied in giving directions to his attendant in an undertone, ample leisure was allowed him for investigation. 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 not?” He repeated, demanding. The eyes left him, searching beside the chair for her cane. What had she so nearly said? She had almost spoken a name—and quickly withdrawn it. “You are a thousand times more beautiful,” he said, “than anything else could be. " "Add that to what she is now suffering? It's too late.
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