Ennison too, always handsome and debonnair, seemed transported out of his calm self. Had this not been the case, he must have refused even to see his Frenchified granddaughter. In a few minutes more he had made a breach in the roof wide enough to allow him to pass through. ‘Here she is. 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. They were so nearly alike that the difference would be due to a shaky hand. No doubt she was wondering what he had done in Charvill’s house and what he intended now. "He who breaks faith with his benefactor may well justify himself thus," answered Jack. ‘Well said, my dear. "Shotbolt! by—" cried Austin, as the captive was dragged forth. “You cannot seriously believe,” he said, “that at the present moment I care a snap of the fingers whether I have any dinner or not.
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