Again he rushed. ‘It is
precisely that point over which Melusine and I fell out. He stopped abruptly. She
was in excellent spirits, and it was not until she had taken off her hat, and was
considering the question of dinner or no dinner, that she remembered that
another day had passed, and she was not a whit nearer being able to pay her tomorrow’s bill. And the
infernal thought of that kiss returned—the softness of her lips and the cool
smoothness of her cheeks. The
knife is at my breast. “What, you don’t think that you can afford it? Lucy,
with your musical talent, you’ll get a full ride. “Is this true, Annabel? Is
he dead?”
She nodded. 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. Stars
appeared in the periphery of her vision. “Very well,” said her father. The Hospital St. I’ve wanted you—always. He will be here in a moment or so, and you will then learn his
determination.
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