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Suppose the government sells you Pari- Sulay at a pound an acre; clearing will cost you at least four pounds more; that is, five pounds for four hundred acres, or, say, ten thousand dollars. Have you that much?" She was keenly interested, and he could see that the previous clash between them was already forgotten.
Joan had gone exploring Pari- Sulay, and was not to be expected back until the late afternoon. Sheldon was vaguely oppressed by his loneliness, and several heavy squalls during the afternoon brought him frequently on to the veranda, telescope in hand, to scan the sea anxiously for the whale-boat.
"If you take me as a partner in order to protect me . . . I . . . I shan't be your partner, that's all. You'll drive me into buying Pari- Sulay yet." "All the more reason " he attempted. "Do you know what I'll do?" she demanded. "I'll find some man in the Solomons who won't want to protect me." Sheldon could not conceal the shock her words gave him. "You don't mean that, you know," he pleaded.
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