Луна и грош

Chapter LIII

           Ihesitated,forIconfessIdidnotmuchlikethelookofthematsonwhichheproposedthatIshouldsleep;butIshruggedmyshoulders.WhenIwasbuildingmyhouseinthePaumotusIhadsleptoutforweeksonaharderbedthanthat,withnothingtosheltermebutwildshrubs;andasforvermin,mytoughskinshouldbeproofagainsttheirmalice.

           "WewentdowntothestreamtobathewhileAtawaspreparingthedinner,andafterwehadeatenitwesatontheverandah.Wesmokedandchatted.Theyoungmanhadaconcertina,andheplayedthetunespopularonthemusic-hallsadozenyearsbefore.Theysoundedstrangelyinthetropicalnightthousandsofmilesfromcivilisation.IaskedStricklandifitdidnotirkhimtoliveinthatpromiscuity.No,hesaid;helikedtohavehismodelsunderhishand.Presently,afterloudyawning,thenativeswentawaytosleep,andStricklandandIwereleftalone.Icannotdescribetoyoutheintensesilenceofthenight.OnmyislandinthePaumotusthereisneveratnightthecompletestillnessthattherewashere.Thereistherustleofthemyriadanimalsonthebeach,allthelittleshelledthingsthatcrawlaboutceaselessly,andthereisthenoisyscurryingoftheland-crabs.Nowandtheninthelagoonyouheartheleapingofafish,andsometimesahurriednoisysplashingasabrownsharksendsalltheotherfishscamperingfortheirlives.Andaboveall,ceaselessliketime,isthedullroarofthebreakersonthereef.Butheretherewasnotasound,andtheairwasscentedwiththewhiteflowersofthenight.

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