“Why should I bear the burden of
your wickedness? Who knows what might come of it? I shall permit nothing of
the sort. ”
She looked at him doubtfully. ”
“And who made the arrangements for you, and sent you there?” Courtlaw asked. 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. He
lowered himself onto her and entered her slowly, an inch
at a time. Just as he had arrived at the mouth
of the drain, and Jack felt certain he must be discovered, a loud shout was raised
from the further end of the field that the fugitive was caught. "I need not ask whether this is Mr. ‘That rascally knave sent you to become a French nun?’
Looking positively terrified, the girl nodded dumbly. This gloom was
impossible. "If
so, I may as well execute my warrant. ‘And I’d like to know what the devil—’
‘Out of town?’ repeated Melusine, stupefied.
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