Then it was the
woman herself who was changed. The man lingered. His course, however,
was no longer interrupted, and he crept on. She had
discussed the general question of supplies with the helpful landlady. ” He
played it cool, but he had seen it in her face. A sea voyage under sail will be the making of
him. "The men. She thrust at him, following, almost spitting him as he
crashed against the altar, rocking the huge candlesticks and the vessels that stood
on it. The unfortunate woman was stretched upon the floor, with a bloody knife in her
hand. ”
Anna nodded. Loneliness—something that was almost physical: as if the vitality had been
taken out of the air she breathed. 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.
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