A vague desire to justify himself ruffled her father. . ‘We’ll cross that bridge if and when we come to it. "Go to the Iron Hold, Austin, and tell two of the
partners to bring another padlock of the largest size, and the heaviest handcuffs
they can find. ” She lifted steadfast eyes to him. She was aware of him—a silk-hatted, shiny-black figure on the opposite
side of the Avenue; and then, abruptly and startlingly, he crossed the road and
saluted and spoke to her. "Your gratitude will vanish with your
danger. ”
“Any place would be beautiful,” said Ann Veronica, in a low voice. 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. ’
‘But me orders, sir? Are we to—’
‘Gad, but that’s her,’ interrupted Roding suddenly.
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