Nothing is of any
concern of ours except the discovery of the man’s identity. We pretend we never
think of everything that makes us what we are. "In the first place, she had no
knowledge of her birth; and, consequently, no false pride to get rid of. She kissed Cathy's soft cheek as she
entered the warm kitchen. 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. She shook her head. "Jack," said Wild, with a glance of malignant triumph, "I will now tell you what
I have done. She had a nut-brown skin, a
swarthy upper lip, a merry black eye, a prominent bust, and a tun-like
circumference of waist. She hated living like that. I've already got some college credits
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from my gifted courses. He came down
the shop looking for her quite obviously, and took up a position on the other side
against a mirror in which he was able to regard her steadfastly. "
"Well, suddenly I knew that I must see the inside of that box, which had a
padlock.
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