266 She peered up at him. “It’s—private. And she was as shrewd as they come. The wards on the right were occupied by male patients, on the left by the female. It was a copy of the pencil sketch taken of him nine years ago by Winifred, and awakened a thousand tender recollections. 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. ‘Therefore she cannot be the daughter of Suzanne Valade. She rose from her chair, and began walking up and down the room restlessly. Endless complications ensue when both sisters return to London.
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