He believes that he is leaving this conscience behind; and I want to watch his disillusion on this particular point. " And the great thief-taker indulged himself in a chuckle at the effect produced by this announcement. Perhaps he had had money in the coat, back in Hong-Kong, and had been robbed without knowing it. ‘You would say that already then you love me?’ His glance was a caress and Melusine’s resolve weakened. ’ Trodger frowned, and chewed his lip. Both girls looked pale and listless. And the sergeant, having carried out all Melusine’s instructions as if they had come out of his own head, went up to check on his patient, apparently at last convinced that his prisoner would not attempt to run away. So, in broken, rather breathless phrases, he told his story; and when he had done, he laid his arms upon the table and bent his head to them. There was a little murmur of consternation from the waiting crowd, and the florid young woman showed signs of temper, to which Mr. ’ ‘We!’ said Hilary witheringly, and went off as Gerald laughed and turned back to the lady. 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.
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