” “You have her face and figure,” he muttered. He embraced her small body in his arms, kissing her forehead over and over. But the lady was not so easily won; and though she did not absolutely reject him, gave him very slight hopes. 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. “Are you serious?” “You know very well that I should never joke on such a subject. You are all the beauty in the world. I'll try to think better of him in future. “We sent for you several hours ago,” he remarked. "I've got a proposition to make," said O'Higgins. “It is a pity that as nations we are not more friendly. He will say who it was. Taber," said the manager. ‘Lord, no! I’ve a better regard for my skin, I thank you. "I rather fancy, as you Britishers say, that you know the nature of my visit?" "I'm an American.
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