He had no use for Ann Veronica; he had never had a use for her since she had been too old to sit upon his knee. 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. Her grave fine face, her warm clear complexion, had already aroused his curiosity as he had gone to and fro in Morningside Park, and here suddenly he was near to her and talking freely and intimately. She read for half an hour, then closed the book because Spurlock appeared to have fallen asleep. ’ ‘Indeed? Interesting. He was wary of her, which meant that perhaps they had found one or many of the bodies that she thought she had hidden so well. “No reason. "Captain Darren," he added, sternly, "you shall hear from me. On the floor was a handkerchief, a little morsel of lace. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared with anyone.
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