"Stolen by a gipsy when scarcely five years old, Constance Trenchard, after various vicissitudes, was carried to London, where she lived in great poverty, with the dregs of society. 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. “You must send for the police at once, you know. ” And Ann Veronica’s face was hot. ’ ‘There is no need for this,’ he ventured mildly, and lifted his finger to show his own pistol was not cocked. Did the other girls thank you?” “Not really. I saw it this morning in the Daily Journal—an advertisement, offering a reward—" "A reward!" echoed Jack. . A few yards further off something grey, inert, was lying, a huddled-up heap of humanity twisted into a strange unnatural shape. ‘Just what I was going to tell you, miss. ‘What a catalogue. She was almost tempted to tell him, if only to see the cracks of surprise and incredulity break the immobility of his yellow countenance. It was time to leave America. ’ She sniffed and swallowed.
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