Her aunt glanced up startled, and then sat very still, with hands that had
ceased to 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. "Leave go!" cried Jack, struggling violently, and raising his hand, "or I'll maul
you for life. ‘How is your plan now, mon brave?’ Melusine taunted. I shall make no defence. She brought her face to his chest, turning her head
sideways so he would not notice her elongated canines.
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