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Balatta�察�who�察�from the time she found him and poked his blue eyes open to 

recrudescence   of   her   grotesque   female   hideousness�察  �had   continued   his 

adorer。     Woman she was�察�and he had long known that the only way to win 

from her treason of her tribe was through the woman's heart of her。 

     Bassett    was    a  fastidious   man。     He    had   never    recovered    from    the 

initial   horror   caused   by   Balatta's   female   awfulness。      Back   in   England�察�

even   at   best   the   charm   of   woman�察  �to   him�察  �had   never   been   robust。  Yet 

now�察�resolutely�察�as only a man can do who is capable of martyring himself 

for   the   cause   of   science�察  �he   proceeded   to   violate   all   the   fineness   and 

delicacy     of  his   nature   by   making     love   to  the   unthinkably     disgusting 

bushwoman。 

     He shuddered�察�but with averted face hid his grimaces and swallowed 

his gorge as he put his arm around her dirt´crusted shoulders and felt the 

contact of her rancidoily and kinky hair with his neck and chin。                     But he 

nearly screamed when she succumbed to that caress so at the very first of 

the courtship and mowed and gibbered and squealed little�察�queer�察�pig´like 

gurgly noises of delight。         It was too much。         And the next he did in the 

singular   courtship   was   to   take   her   down   to   the   stream   and   give   her   a 

vigorous scrubbing。 

     From then on he devoted himself to her like a true swain as frequently 

and for as long at a time as his will could override his repugnance。                    But 

marriage�察  �which   she   ardently   suggested�察  �with   due   observance   of   tribal 



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custom�察  �he   balked   at。    Fortunately�察  �taboo   rule   was   strong   in   the   tribe。 

Thus�察�Ngurn could never touch bone�察�or flesh�察�or hide of crocodile。                    This 

had   been   ordained   at   his   birth。   Vngngn   was   denied   ever   the   touch   of 

woman。       Such pollution�察�did it chance to occur�察�could be purged only by 

the death of the offending female。            It had happened once�察�since Bassett's 

arrival�察�when a girl of nine�察�running in play�察�stumbled and fell against the 

sacred chief。      And the girl´child was seen no more。             In whispers�察�Balatta 

told Bassett that she had been three days and nights in dying before   the 

Red   One。      As   for   Balatta�察  �the   breadfruit   was   taboo   to   her。 For   which 

Bassett was thankful。         The taboo might have been water。 

     For himself�察�he fabricated a special taboo。              Only could he marry�察�he 

explained�察�when the Southern Cross rode highest in the sky。 Knowing his 

astronomy�察�he thus gained a reprieve of nearly nine months�察�and he was 

confident that within that time he would either be dead or escaped to the 

coast with   full knowledge of the   Red   One   and   of the   source of   the   Red 

One's wonderful voice。          At first he had fancied the Red One to be some 

colossal   statue�察  �like   Memnon�察  �rendered   vocal   under   certain   temperature 

conditions of sunlight。 But when�察�after a war raid�察�a batch of prisoners was 

brought in and the sacrifice made at night�察�in the midst of rain�察�when the 

sun   could   play   no   part�察  �the   Red   One   had   been   more   vocal   than   usual�察�

Bassett discarded that hypothesis。 

     In company with Balatta�察�sometimes with men and parties of women�察�

the   freedom   of   the   jungle   was   his   for   three   quadrants   of   the   compass。 

But the fourth quadrant�察�which contained the Red One's abiding place�察�was 

taboo。     He made more thorough love to Balatta ´ also saw to it that she 

scrubbed   herself   more   frequently。        Eternal   female   she   was�察  �capable   of 

any   treason     for  the   sake  of  love。    And�察   �though    the   sight  of   her  was 

provocative      of   nausea    and   the  contact    of  her   provocative     of  despair�察�

although      he   could    not   escape     her   awfulness     in   his  dream´haunted 

nightmares of her�察�he nevertheless was aware of the cosmic verity of sex 

that   animated     her   and   that  made    her   own    life  of  less  value   than   the 

happiness of her lover with whom she hoped to mate。                    Juliet or Balatta�拭�

Where was the intrinsic difference�拭           �The soft and tender product of ultra´ 

civilization�察 �or   her  bestial   prototype   of   a  hundred   thousand   years   before 



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her�拭 � there was no difference。 

     Bassett was a scientist first�察�a humanist afterward。               In the jungle´heart 

of Guadalcanal he put the affair to the test�察�as in the laboratory he would 

have put to the test any chemical reaction。 He increased his feigned ardour 

for the bushwoman�察�at the same time increasing the imperiousness of his 

will of desire over her to be led to look upon the Red One face to face。                      It 

was the old story�察�he recognized�察�that the woman must pay�察�and it occurred 

when      the  two    of   them�察  �one    day�察  �were    catching    the   unclassified     and 

unnamed   little   black   fish�察  �an   inch   long�察  �half´eel   and   half´scaled�察  �rotund 

with   salmon´golden   roe�察  �that   frequented   the   fresh   water�察  �and   that   were 

esteemed�察�raw and whole�察�fresh or putrid�察�a perfect delicacy。 Prone in the 

muck   of   the   decaying   jungle´floor�察  �Balatta   threw   herself�察  �clutching   his 

ankles   with   her   hands   kissing   his   feet   and   making   slubbery   noises   that 

chilled his backbone up and down again。 She begged him to kill her rather 

than   exact   this   ultimate   love´   payment。      She   told   him  of   the   penalty  of 

breaking the taboo of the Red One ´ a week of torture�察�living�察�the details of 

which she yammered out from her face in the mire until he realized that he 

was yet a tyro in knowledge of the frightfulness the human was capable of 

wreaking on the human。 

     Yet did Bassett insist on having his man's will satisfied�察�at the woman's 

risk�察�that he might solve the mystery of the Red One's singing�察�though she 

should   die   long   and   horribly   and   screaming。   And   Balatta�察  �being   mere 

woman�察  �yielded。        She  led   him  into   the  forbidden   quadrant。        An   abrupt 

mountain�察�shouldering in from the north to meet a similar intrusion from 

the south�察�tormented the stream in which they had fished into a deep and 

gloomy   gorge。   After   a   mile   along   the   gorge�察  �the   way   plunged   sharply 

upward until   they  crossed   a   saddle   of   raw limestone   which   attracted his 

geologist's     eye。    Still   climbing�察    �although     he  paused     often   from    sheer 

physical weakness�察�they scaled forest´clad heights until they emerged on a 

naked mesa or tableland。            Bassett recognized the stuff of its composition 

as    black   volcanic     sand�察  �and    knew     that  a  pocket     magnet     could    have 

captured a full load of the sharply angular grains he trod upon。 

     And then holding Balatta by the hand and leading her onward�察�he came 

to   it   ´   a   tremendous   pit�察  �obviously   artificial�察  �in   the   heart   of   the   plateau。 



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Old history�察�the South Seas Sailing Directions�察�scores of remembered data 

and    connotations   swift   and   furious�察  �surged        through   his   brain。    It   was 

Mendana   who   had   discovered   the   islands   and   named   them   Solomon's�察�

believing      that  he   had   found    that   monarch's     fabled    mines。     They     had 

laughed      at   the   old  navigator's   child´like   credulity�察    �and   yet   here   stood 

himself�察  �Bassett�察  �on   the   rim   of   an   excavation   for   all   the   world   like   the 

diamond pits of South Africa。 

     But no diamond this that he gazed down upon。                   Rather was it a pearl�察�

with the depth of iridescence of a pearl�察�but of a size all pearls of earth and 

time�察�welded into one�察�could not have totalled�察�and of a colour undreamed 

of in any pearl�察�or of anything else�察�for that matter�察�for it was the colour of 

the   Red   One。     And   the   Red   One   himself   Bassett   knew   it   to   be   on   the 

instant。     A perfect sphere�察�full two hundred feet in diameter�察�the top of it 

was   a   hundred   feet   below   the   level   of   the   rim。   He   likened   the   colour 

quality   of   it   to   lacquer。 Indeed�察  �he   took   it   to   be   some   sort   of   lacquer�察�

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