But
after a time I learned the ways of the parrakeets, and they would come down to
me like doves in the stories. It is I who took the burden of
your misdeeds upon my shoulders that you might become Lady Ferringhall. ”
“Have I done something wrong? Should I take you
home?”
“No. ”
Ann Veronica closed the door quite softly and stood still. Torment!
And so Ruth discovered him. Melusine soon found herself seated at a table, with a dirty piece of paper in
front of her, and a badly mended pen between her fingers. 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. This girl was strong and
vital: how would she take it when she learned that she had cast her lot with a
fugitive from justice? For McClintock was certain that Spurlock was a hunted
man. Independently of other risks, and of the chance of breaking his neck in the
descent, he was aware that to reach the leads he should have to break open six of
the strongest doors of the prison. “I MUST speak to you,” he said. You speak as one
injured—as though I had been the one to take your name—as though you had
been the one to make sacrifices.
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