You know not what a wretched guilty thing I am. The very sight of these impediments, would have appalled a less courageous spirit than Sheppard's—but nothing could daunt him. I shall never go back to him; never, never!" Distressed, embarrassed beyond measure by this unexpected tragic revelation, the doctor puttered about among the bottles on the stand. 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. Melusine, I’ve remembered something that may help you. Her bald head had swollen on her shoulders, puffy with fresh blood that ringed her mouth. " CHAPTER XX To Spurlock it seemed as if a great iron door had swung in behind him, shutting out the old world.
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