"I was going to die, Hoddy!" she whispered. ” Then he asked, “Tell me! has this man, has he DARED to make love to you?” Ann Veronica had a vicious moment. 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. Manning relinquished his cup, and looked meaningly at Ann Veronica. ” “Our cases are scarcely similar,” Anna remarked. I see now that you make a game with me indeed. It had been brighter than the rest, for dawn light had come in through high unshuttered casements above the bookshelves. But I will never—never return. And I’d do it again for you if needs be. Don’t think I can’t sympathize and understand. You appear to be amongst those strong enough in all ordinary matters, but who seem to think it quite natural and proper to give in at once and play the weakling directly—one cares. In the corner of the room were two hockey-sticks and a tennis-racket, and upon the walls Ann Veronica, by means of autotypes, had indicated her proclivities in art. The effort of self-repression cost him a sob.
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