Some shadow of reserve seemed to have crept up between them. “How is that carmine working?” he asked, with a forced interest. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" "The first day you came. Anna sent her away. You would not have the slightest difficulty. All these experiences have taught me a great deal about life and realities. 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. I shall like to think of it—whenever I feel dull. Thank goodness there’s plenty of opportunity! And we two can talk. I hope you will always remember——” Annabel held out her hands with a little cry of protest. “It is like old times,” she said, “to hear these home truths.
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