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Millie's stare was the biggest thing in the hut. It dimmed for a moment as we stood in its way--but in us it had no interest. The moment we moved from its path it tightened again--this tense, living stare glowing in the sunken eyes of a sick Indian child.
All the life that remained in the emaciated, shrivelled little creature was concentrated in that stare. It burned a path for itself right across the sea to the horizon, burning with longing focused upon the return of her father's whaling-boat.