. . Presently her aunt sighed deeply
and looked at the clock. Nevertheless there came a residuum of expostulations. “It is part of the irony of life,” he said. “How have you been lately, Lucy? You’ve been such a
stranger. Meanwhile, the object of all this fearful disturbance had made his escape to
Newgate, from the roof of which he witnessed the destruction of his premises. They were horrible people. ‘Fiddle, Gerald. ”
Anna rose to her feet. 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. Sometimes the moon was
totally eclipsed; at others, it shed a wan and ghastly glimmer over the masses
rolling in the firmament. And, turning to his daughter, he gave the
necessary directions in a low tone. There were menacing possibilities;
the thought of them set him a-tremble. "
"True, true," replied the knight, with an agonized look; "there is no alternative.
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