‘You would know more of me?’ ‘I would know everything about you,’ Gerald told her, his tone at once provocative and inviting. But Jonathan was not to be deterred. 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. "I can't say," answered the fellow; "but I'll inquire from the sexton, William Morgan. " And the great thief-taker indulged himself in a chuckle at the effect produced by this announcement. The great door of the Stone Hall was thrown open, and the sheriffs, preceded by the javelin-men, entered the room. I shall still believe in you. Och! many a mug o' bubb have I drained wi' the landlord, Joe Hind. " "Ay, ay," observed Jonathan, "you'll give the keepers of his Majesty's jails some trouble before you're many years older, I'll warrant you. Hilary made a movement as if he would seize the opportunity to disarm the girl, but Gerald stopped him.
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