The south-east end of the island was hillocky, with volcanic subsoil. Do you know whoso portrait this is?" "I do not," replied Thames, repressing his tears, "but I believe it to be the portrait of my father. I have calculated my chances, you perceive. "I expect a very extraordinary person to supper, Rachel," he remarked. "Come on, my lads!" vociferated Blueskin, "we'll unkennel the old fox. Lucy was surprised to hear that any party could happen on a week night, but the parents of the house in question were the rich absentee type. 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. Placing chairs, therefore, he invited the ladies to be seated, and, paying a similar attention to Jack, began to help to the various dishes, and otherwise fulfil the duties of a host. He tasted like cinders and ash, but not of smoke.
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