A post-chaise seen in the road first alarmed us. She sprang to her feet and stood listening with parted lips and eager eyes. ‘Is there a resemblance?’ ‘This is Mary Remenham?’ ‘That is my late niece, yes. 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. Satisfied with his scrutiny, he returned, despatched Abraham and Obadiah to the northwest corner of the church, placed Quilt behind a buttress near the porch, and sheltered himself behind one of the mighty elms. And for me there is only one treasure-house. I acted in plays, I studied philosophy, mathematics, and science. Her eyes still had the fevered glow of sickness, yet she seemed in perfect health. “Had the pleasure of dining with you at the ‘Ambassador’s’ one night, before the show, you know—last September I think it was. She is a magician sought by all.
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