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     ;Go on�察─�Percival Ford commanded。 

     ;Who is he�拭─�

     ;You're joking me�察�sir�察─�the other managed to articulate。 

     ;I spoke to you seriously。; 

     The clerk recoiled from him。 

     ;You don't mean to say you don't know�拭─�he questioned�察�his question 

in itself the answer。 

     ;I want to know。; 

     ;Why�察    �he's;   John    broke    off  and    looked    about    him   helplessly。 

;Hadn't   you   better   ask   somebody   else�拭     �Everybody   thought   you   knew。 

We always thought 。 。 。 ; 

     ;Yes�察�go ahead。; 



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     ;We always thought that that was why you had it in for him。; 

     Photographs   and   miniatures of   Isaac   Ford   were   trooping   through   his 

son's brain�察�and ghosts of Isaac Ford seemed in the air about hint                 ;I wish 

you   good   night�察  �sir�察─  �he   could   hear   the   clerk   saying�察  �and   he saw   him 

beginning to limp away。 

     ;John�察─�he called abruptly。 

     John     came    back    and    stood    near    him�察  �blinking     and   nervously 

moistening       his lips。 

     ;You haven't told me yet�察�you know。; 

     ;Oh�察�about Joe Garland�拭─�

     ;Yes�察�about Joe Garland。         Who is he�拭─�

     ;He's your brother�察�sir�察�if I say it who shouldn't。; 

     ;Thank you�察�John。        Good night。; 

     ;And you didn't know�拭─�the old man queried�察�content to linger�察 �now 

that the crucial point was past。 

     ;Thank you�察�John。        Good night�察─�was the response。 

     ;Yes�察  �sir�察 �thank   you�察  �sir。  I  think   it's  going   to  rain。  Good      night�察�

sir。; 

     Out of the clear sky�察�filled only with stars and moonlight�察�fell a                rain 

so fine and attenuated as to resemble a vapour spray。                 Nobody      minded 

it�察 �the   children    played    on�察 �running    bare´legged      over   the   grass    and 

leaping into the sand�察�and in a few minutes it was gone。                    In the south´ 

east�察�Diamond Head�察�a black blot�察�sharply defined�察               �silhouetted its crater´ 

form against the stars。       At sleepy intervals       the surf flung its foam across 

the   sands   to   the   grass�察  �and   far   out could   be   seen   the   black   specks   of 

swimmers under the moon。             The     voices of the singers�察�singing a waltz�察�

died away�察�and in the        silence�察�from somewhere under the trees�察�arose the 

laugh of a woman          that was a love´cry。       It startled Percival Ford�察�and it 

reminded him        of Dr。 Kennedy's phrase。          Down by the outrigger canoes�察�

where they       lay hauled out on the sand�察�he saw men and women�察�Kanakas�察�

reclining     languorously�察  �like   lotus´eaters�察  �the   women   in   white   holokus�察�

and     against one such holoku he saw the dark head of the steersman of 

the    canoe resting upon the woman's shoulder。              Farther down�察�where the 

strip of sand widened at the entrance to the lagoon�察�he saw a man                      and 



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woman walking side by side。            As they drew near the light lanai�察         �he saw 

the woman's hand go down to her waist and disengage a                      girdling  arm。 

And as they passed him�察�Percival Ford nodded to a                 captain he knew�察�and 

to   a   major's   daughter。    Smoke   of   life�察  �that   was   it�察  �an   ample   phrase。 

And     again�察  �from   under    the  dark   algaroba     tree  arose     the  laugh   of  a 

woman that was a love´cry�察�and past his chair�察             �on the way to bed�察�a bare´ 

legged     youngster     was   led   by   a  chiding    Japanese      nurse´maid。      The 

voices of the singers broke softly and            meltingly into an Hawaiian love´ 

song�察  �and   officers   and   women�察  �with     encircling   arms�察  �were   gliding   and 

whirling   on   the   lanai�察  �and   once    again   the   woman   laughed   under   the 

algaroba trees。 

     And Percival Ford knew only disapproval of it all。                 He was irritated 

by the love´laugh of the woman�察�by the steersman with pillowed head                      on 

the    white   holoku�察   �by   the  couples    that   walked    on   the   beach�察  �by   the 

officers and women that danced�察�and by the voices of the singers                   singing 

of   love�察  �and   his   brother   singing   there   with   them   under   the   hau   tree。 

The   woman   that   laughed   especially   irritated   him。       A    curious   train   of 

thought was aroused。         He was Isaac Ford's son�察�and           what had happened 

with Isaac Ford might happen with him。               He felt in     his cheeks the faint 

heat   of   a   blush  at   the   thought�察  �and  experienced     a   poignant   sense   of 

shame。      He    was    appalled    by   what   was    in  his   blood。     It   was   like 

learning suddenly that his father had been a             leper and that his own blood 

might     bear   the  taint  of  that   dread    disease。     Isaac    Ford�察  �the  austere 

soldier   of   the   Lordthe   old  hypocrite�      �What   difference   between   him 

and    any   beach´comber�拭       �The     house    of   pride  that   Percival   Ford   had 

builded was tumbling about his           ears。 

     The   hours   passed�察  �the   army   people   laughed   and   danced�察  �the   native 

orchestra     played    on�察 �and   Percival    Ford   wrestled    with    the  abrupt   and 

overwhelming         problem     that  had   been    thrust   upon    him。    He     prayed 

quietly�察�his elbow on the table�察�his head bowed upon his hand�察�with                      all 

the   appearance   of   any   tired   onlooker。     Between   the   dances   the      army 

men     and    women     and    the  civilians    fluttered   up   to  him    and   buzzed 

conventionally�察  �and   when   they   went   back   to   the   lanai   he   took   up   his 

wrestling where he had left it off。 



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     He began to patch together his shattered ideal of Isaac Ford�察�and                   for 

cement   he   used   a   cunning   and   subtle   logic。   It   was   of   the   sort that   is 

compounded in the brain laboratories of egotists�察�and it                worked。      It was 

incontrovertible   that   his   father   had   been   made   of   finer   clay  than   those 

about him�察�but still�察�old Isaac had been only             in the process of becoming�察�

while   he�察 �Percival   Ford�察�had   become。        As     proof   of   it�察 �he   rehabilitated 

his   father   and   at   the   same   time  exalted   himself。      His   lean   little   ego 

waxed   to   colossal   proportions。  
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