Thank goodness you’ll understand. Her cheeks seemed to burn, her veins ran riot, and her heart was beating
so fast that she was sure he must feel it through his scarlet coat. He could talk to her as frankly as he could to a man, that she would not take
offence at anything so long as it was in the form of explanation. "Because it's not like you," was her answer. And, also, she wanted to borrow that money. 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. A small brickbat was thrown, which struck Jonathan in the
face. "That is good. She had time in the
afternoons to do crewelwork and embroidery, no longer
occupied by the constant spinning of wool. Her eyes fell, and then sought his again with timid interest. You cannot tell whether you
know him or not until you have seen him. ‘You make me talk, you make me
talk.
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