Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
BLOWN TO BITS OR THE LONELY MAN OF RAKATA. A Tale of the Malay Archipelago. BY R.M. BALLANTYNE, AUTHOR OF "BLUE LIGHTS, OR HOT WORK IN THE SOUDAN;" "THE FUGITIVES;" "RED ROONEY;" "THE ROVER OF THE ANDES;" "THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST;" "THE RED ERIC;" "FREAKS ON THE FELLS;" "THE YOUNG TRAWLER;" "DUSTY DIAMONDS;" "THE BATTERY AND THE BOILER;" "POST HASTE;" "BLACK IVORY;" "THE IRON HORSE;" "FIGHTING THE FLAMES;" "THE LIFEBOAT;" ETC. ETC. With Illustrations by the Author. _EIGHTH THOUSAND_. LONDON:
yet far more heavy now--matters of their hopes for the future, the
complications with regard to the Religion, what Robin should do, what he
should not do.
So they sat there silent, she thinking and he waiting upon her thought.
She sighed again and turned to him her troubled eyes.
"My Robin," she said, "I have been thinking so much about you, and I
have feared sometimes--"
She stopped herself, and he looked for her to finish. She drew her hand
away and stood up.
"Oh! it is miserable!" she cried. "And all might have been so happy."
The tears suddenly filled her eyes so that they shone like flowers in
dew.
He stood up, too, and put his muddy arm about her shoulders. (She felt
so slight and slender.)
"It will be happy," he said. "What have you been fearing?"
She shook her head and the tears ran down.
BLOWN TO BITS OR THE LONELY MAN OF RAKATA. A Tale of the Malay Archipelago. BY R.M. BALLANTYNE, AUTHOR OF "BLUE LIGHTS, OR HOT WORK IN THE SOUDAN;" "THE FUGITIVES;" "RED ROONEY;" "THE ROVER OF THE ANDES;" "THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST;" "THE RED ERIC;" "FREAKS ON THE FELLS;" "THE YOUNG TRAWLER;" "DUSTY DIAMONDS;" "THE BATTERY AND THE BOILER;" "POST HASTE;" "BLACK IVORY;" "THE IRON HORSE;" "FIGHTING THE FLAMES;" "THE LIFEBOAT;" ETC. ETC. With Illustrations by the Author. _EIGHTH THOUSAND_. LONDON: