" "It is past," rejoined Lady Trafford, recovering herself by a powerful effort; "but never allude to the circumstance again. But his astonishment would have been great indeed had he known that not even her father had ever caressed her, either with lips or with hands. I hadn’t heard of him before the trial. The light fell upon the fugitive, who stood before him in an attitude of defence, with the child in his arms. 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. It exists because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from people in all walks of life. ‘How fascinating. ‘Parbleu,’ came indignantly from the lady. At the cost of quite a number of torn drafts she succeeded in evolving this: “DEAR MR.
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