"And now, I've one further request," faltered Jack; "though I scarcely know how to make it. That’s why it’s so important I should take my own line now. “We’ll go together. I’ll announce myself. ” “Out with it, then,” he cried, almost roughly. "Some one must have assisted him. We were to ransom you, then we would fake your death, play as if the kidnappers had executed you. "I've made no distinction between you, hitherto," answered Wood; "nor shall I do so, unless I'm compelled. ’ ‘Pah!’ ‘Precisely. In no way could he be said to contribute to the gaiety of the little party. 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. Maggot, bursting into a loud contemptuous laugh. There were sidetables and a writing table, similarly buried in bric-a-brac, and the chair by the French doors could hardly be seen for blankets.
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