’ Leaning down, she raised the hem of the petticoat of her habit to reveal a neat little pair of boots on her feet. 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. . "I couldn't bear to see you in it. He was not able to recognize, as the doctor did, that she was only a natural woman. ‘Does Charvill know that this Melusine of yours is here?’ The question distracted Gerald. I suppose I was a little idiotic—I don’t think we either of us mentioned the future, but it was arranged that I should go the next afternoon and have tea with her. An influence of this description appeared to be exerted on the present occasion. “They would spoil every chance. It added to the picturesqueness of the Sha-mien night to observe these gaily coloured lanterns dancing hither and yon like June fireflies in a meadow. " CHAPTER XI. Nobody can trust you. Your maid has twenty minutes to pack your dressing case for one night, and you have the same time to change into a travelling dress. This path, bordered on each side by high privet hedges of the most beautiful green, soon brought them to a stile.
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