“He is one of our guests—perhaps I should say boarders here, but he seldom returns before dinner-time. " Hastening from this heart-rending spectacle, Jack soon reached the grating that divided the men's compartment from that appropriated to the women. 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. She drank and drank until his body was a lifeless husk, as light as a mannequin, virtually hollow of all but the fluid in his bones. He too was flushed and ruffled; one side of his collar had slipped from its stud and he held a hand to the corner of his jaw. But for the next few days he avoided Cheveney like the plague. But it’s very beastly. He helped himself to a beer, then a vodka and tonic, then two rum and Cokes. To get behind that impenetrable curtain, to learn why she hated her island. He had not noticed the girl particularly when she offered the sandwiches; but in this moment he found her beautiful. ‘As for what to do, I wonder if young Charvill would be worth a visit. "Come," said Wild, turning authoritatively to Jack,—"you have overstayed your time.
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