5/18/2023 0 Comments Man of the house stream![]() In the stillness of the air every tree, every leaf, every bough, every tendril of creeper and every petal of minute blossoms seemed to have been bewitched into an immobility perfect and final. At the foot of big, towering trees, trunkless nipa palms rose from the mud of the bank, in bunches of leaves enormous and heavy, that hung unstirring over the brown swirl of eddies. The forests, somber and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the end of the straight avenue of forests cut by the intense glitter of the river, the sun appeared unclouded and dazzling, poised low over the water that shone smoothly like a band of metal. ![]() ![]() The white man rested his chin on his crossed arms and gazed at the wake of the boat. The Malay only grunted, and went on looking fixedly at the river. 'We will pass the night in Arsat's clearing. The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in the stern of the boat, said to the steersman.
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