lavaina

Updated: May 2, 2025

Or back to their old sailing grounds in the days of the All Away the South Seas. Steamers ran direct between San Francisco and Tahiti. In twelve days they could be ashore in Papeete. He wondered if Lavaina still ran her boarding house, and his quick vision caught a picture of Paula and himself at breakfast on Lavaina's porch in the shade of the mango trees. He brought his fist down on the desk.

Jack London - The Little Lady of the Big House