"How very fortunate it is," he observed, "that I happened to call upon Mr. "
Spurlock gratefully accepted the Grieg concerto, gratefully, because it was
brilliant and thunderous. ’
‘His daughter, ma’am?’ Gerald asked. She did not wait, but grabbed
up the lantern and slid into the passage, calling to them to hurry. Have
you not tired of sadness and pain?”
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She thought she could hear tears in his voice but
would not look at him. 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. Restraining with an effort his
intense curiosity, he talked of general subjects only, trying his best to entertain
her.
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