He left his companion in the midst of a glowing eulogy
of Bastien Leparge, and boldly intercepted his hostess as she moved from one
group to join another. “You should quit. "
"As you will," said Jonathan, seating himself. “Whenever they try to take hold of life a man intervenes. Wood's
astonishment and displeasure momentarily increased. Her natural instincts
reasserted themselves. It was a
betrayal of God and her former family, but all in all was
much easier. How little he
knew about Ruth—the background from which she had sprung! He knew that
her father was a missioner, that her mother was dead, that she had been born on
this island, and that, at the time of his collapse, she had been on the way to an
aunt in the States. The watch was
again consulted. It
would be an ice storm by midnight if it did not let up.
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