01 the Building of Jalna
“Fiddling Jock had finished the punch and gone back to his hut in the woods singing “Loch Lomond” at the top of his lungs. There was bright young moonlight. The wild things came out of their burrows and there were cries of terror as the stronger seized the weaker.
It was hot inside the house, for Wilmott had heaped up the logs. The two Irishmen, Philip, Adeline and Daisy, were gathered about the fire while the travellers poured out their adventures in the States. Adeline had tried to persuade Da...isy to leave with the others but it had been impossible. Daisy was in a state of high exhilaration at being part of so unconventional a gathering. D’Arcy and Brent had racy tongues. It seemed that they had done everything there was to do in New York and Chicago. They were enthusiastic about life in America. Then the conversation turned to the voyage from Ireland on the Alanna, the stay in Quebec. There was so much to talk of yet, all the while, Wilmott and Adeline were thinking about Henrietta.MoreLess
It was hot inside the house, for Wilmott had heaped up the logs. The two Irishmen, Philip, Adeline and Daisy, were gathered about the fire while the travellers poured out their adventures in the States. Adeline had tried to persuade Da...isy to leave with the others but it had been impossible. Daisy was in a state of high exhilaration at being part of so unconventional a gathering. D’Arcy and Brent had racy tongues. It seemed that they had done everything there was to do in New York and Chicago. They were enthusiastic about life in America. Then the conversation turned to the voyage from Ireland on the Alanna, the stay in Quebec. There was so much to talk of yet, all the while, Wilmott and Adeline were thinking about Henrietta.MoreLess
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