’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘You must be got rid of, that is seen. "Don't speak ill of him behind his back, father," interposed Thames. ’ With difficulty, Gerald bit back a laugh. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. "You needn't gag me," he added, "I'll not cry out. From his wallet he brought forth a yellow letter. Jonathan had not deceived him. So I had to buy out his interest, and it pinched me dreadfully to do it. 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. All these interesting objects were carefully arranged, classed, and, as we have said, labelled by the thief-taker. The perspiration stood out upon his forehead. “I say!” he said, without any movement. . Wood, softening her asperity. And now, my angel, that I am acquainted with your sentiments on this subject, I shall readily fulfil a promise which I made to your lamented parent, whose loss I shall ever deplore.
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