"We went through your belongings. Ruth made a little gesture, of infinite pity; and this was quickly seized upon by the slant-eyed Chinese girl. The shape of the head, the height and breadth of the brow, the angle of the nose, the cut of the chin and jaws, all were fine, of a type she had never before looked upon closely. CHAPTER XXIII Next morning Ruth did not refer to the episode on the sands of the lagoon. Solomon Smith seemed to be Mr. You have watched all the uncouth creations of my brain come sprawling out upon the canvas, and besides, we have been companions. ’ As if to bear her out, the door opened at this precise moment to admit Saling, who barely announced Captain Roding before the man himself strode into the room. 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. He has always plenty of evidence in reserve. His face was white. ” Anna was bewildered.
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