"He who breaks faith with his benefactor may well justify himself thus," answered Jack. ‘We were wondering about that. When she told him that the natives called her The Dawn Pearl, his delight was unbounded. He was an officer, and a person of very great sense, and altogether a desirable parti. I’m making a mess of my life— unless you come in and take it. ’ ‘Take care,’ warned Hilary, his eyes on his improvised bandage. Here her strength completely failed her, and she was compelled to seek some repose. Death belongs to God, young man. Spurling was no longer allowed to visit him; he was again loaded with irons; fastened by an enormous horse-padlock to a staple in the floor; and only allowed to take repose in a chair. ‘It is imbecile that you are. It was the sing-song girl idea, magnified many diameters. ‘I find this was excessively clever of Gérard. 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. He changed his mind however, and simply motioned to her to proceed. She was not squeamish—although the sight of the sergeant’s ominous preparations had severely tried her fortitude—but Kimble’s white face plagued her conscience.
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