"So long as it is open and above board. I am betrothed to Captain Roding, which is why you can’t have him, you
see. For Ruth grew lovelier as the days went on. Ascertaining that it was Sheppard of whom this concourse
was in pursuit, the two horsemen leapt the hedge, and were presently close upon
him. 168
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HISTORY OF AN ABDUCTION
She had not seen him for hundreds of years. 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. \"The way they smell,\" said Michelle. “Have you not missed me?” He inquired.
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