But who would pay the ransom? There was no one left in his family. “I am exceedingly sorry,” he said. Here a little delay occurred. "I've seen him some years ago, I believe," answered Wood; "and, though he must be much changed by this time, I dare say I should know him again. " The doctor was in the middle fifties, gray and careworn, but with alert blue eyes and a gentle mouth. Her momentary instinct was to run to him and be comforted, like the old times. . 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. "No," replied Jonathan, "I'll not take you at your word, as regards the latter proposition. "And I'll bet a doughnut that boy in his soul is crazy to have it over with. "As long as you please, Sir," answered the matron, dropping a curtsey. Ruth shivered; she was cold.
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