ToC Jack was scarcely concealed when the door opened, and the two persons of whom he had caught a glimpse below entered the room. “I am sure you will marry Nigel sooner or later, and then all your work will be thrown away. ‘What do you do here?’ demanded the young lady, moving to meet him. 8. I won’t try. The latter gentleman did full justice to the good things before him; but he drank sparingly, and was visibly annoyed by his companion's intemperance. ’ ‘What are you about now, child?’ demanded Martha apprehensively. She said as much to him. Jack was in excellent spirits; and by his wit, drollery and agreeable demeanour, speedily became a great favourite with the turnkey, who allowed him every indulgence consistent with his situation. 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. There was little more here than a sideboard, a chest for the vestments, and a simple wooden chair. All the king's horses and all the king's men could not undo what was done; nor kill the strange exquisite flower that had grown up in his own lonely heart. Sheppard: "but avoid that man as you would a serpent. ’ ‘She will have taken him with her.
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