The moment he was out in the hall, Ruth sat up hugging and rocking her body in delight. ‘What the devil do you think you’re doing?’ protested Hilary angrily. He took her hand and looked into her eyes and spoke, divided against himself, in a voice that was forced and insincere. 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. ’ ‘Melusine, sir,’ Gerald reminded the general, exchanging a frustrated glance with Mrs Sindlesham. "The youth whom you delivered to Van Galgebrok,—Thames Darrell, is returned.
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