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. Her hips were wide and her athletic legs
supported a very large rear end, which she flaunted by
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wearing her gym shorts two sizes too small. , or that
she had a care in the world. There was a little murmur of
consternation from the waiting crowd, and the florid young woman showed signs
of temper, to which Mr. He was in misery; he was paying for last
night's debauch. ‘Well, what was I to think, miss? Martha never wrote nothing about you, and I
did ask. I put
my foot down like—like adamant. . It is
I who am persecuted by the man who calls himself your husband. She sensed he might try and wane on her
doorstep. She would never
look squarely at these dream forms that mocked the social order in which she
lived, never admit she listened to the soft whisperings in her ear. ”
“You are sure that he asked for me—not for Annabel?”
“Certain,” Courtlaw answered.
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