‘But for my dowry, what else? One cannot expect that an Englishman will marry any jeune demoiselle without a dowry. Chapter Seven ‘Oh, my God,’ burst from Gerald. . I am yours for the making over. "Well, who'd have thought of finding it in this unexpected way!" "Don't be too sure till you see it," said the widow. Pitt endeavoured to dissuade him from attending in person, representing the great risk he would incur from the mob, which was certain to be assembled. So the young fool had not told her! McClintock had suspected as much. 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 may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.
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