There was a pause, while the steel grey
eyes sliced at her. ’
He received a glare from his captive. ’
‘Bon,’ exclaimed Melusine, triumph soaring. ”
“Sounds good. He hated to destroy it;
but that was the obligation imposed; and he was an honourable man. She had,
by the magic of recollection, set the picture of the typhoon between herself and
her table companions: the terrible rollers thundering on the white shore, the
deafening bellow of the wind, the bending and snapping palms, the thatches of
the native huts scattering inland, the blur of sand dust, and those two outcasts
defying the elements. Sir John
followed her gaze, and also saw them. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect. . A sea voyage under sail will be the making of
him.
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