banana-shaded

Updated: May 16, 2025

His face and hands were covered with pustules as if from smallpox. "I have not slept but an hour at a time. I was afraid I would go mad." News of his coming brought all the valley Catholics to eight o'clock mass. The banana-shaded road and the roots of the old banian were crowded with worshippers in all their finery, and when they poured into the mission the few rude benches were well filled.

Frederick O'Brien - White Shadows in the South Seas