“A joke! Sir John, if you had presented yourself here an hour ago we should have greeted you in pained silence. Eric Vorsack still toiled at work. 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. Wood,—Winifred fainted in the arms of a female attendant,—and Wood standing beside them almost in a state of distraction. She made herself serenely unaware of his existence, though it may be it was his presence that sent her by the field detour instead of by the direct path up the Avenue. He saw, without any particular regret, that this year he would have to forego the junket; but there would be ample compensation in the study of these queer youngsters. That night in Paris I saw on the bills ‘Fatal Motor Accidents. Lead the lad to suppose that he'll be introduced to Lady Trafford. I don’t think any surroundings could throw a shadow on you. ’ ‘Precisely,’ Gerald repeated. And it is your own fault that your husband dallies with me. ” “Suppose he comes and talks to me?” “A girl can always keep a man at a distance if she cares to do it.
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