Conceiving himself called upon, as the intimate friend of the deceased, to pay this last tribute of respect to her memory, he appeared as one of the chief mourners. It is the old story of a Westerner meddling with an Eastern custom. The island was snake-free. ’ ‘But me orders, sir? Are we to—’ ‘Gad, but that’s her,’ interrupted Roding suddenly. I should lose every scrap of independence—even my self-respect. There was no sense in creating further difficulties for herself by arguing with the sergeant over her identity. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. ’ ‘Why should you care?’ demanded Roding, exasperated. The great ordeal—that which she had most dreaded—had proved to be no ordeal at all. Petals!. He did not have to. “Mary!” He whispered loudly.
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