One swift glance about the room, and a sensation of grim foreboding swept through him. I am determined to fight my own little battle with the world —there must be a place for me somewhere, and I mean to find it. ‘Pardon, milor’,’ said Valade, ‘but Monsieur Charvill, he was not at fault. How little he knew about Ruth—the background from which she had sprung! He knew that her father was a missioner, that her mother was dead, that she had been born on this island, and that, at the time of his collapse, she had been on the way to an aunt in the States. All along the wooden benches before it sat a profusion of soldiery, a collection of barbers in attendance, busily employed in replaiting and powdering their hair ready for a military review scheduled for this afternoon. In military circles, highly exaggerated tales of Major Alderley’s derring-do were bruited from lip to lip and passed on to raw recruits to strengthen morale. "Jack," exclaimed the widow, starting up and drawing back the curtain. “Do not force me to take you seriously,” she continued.
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