Лорд Джим

Chapter 10

           Yap!yap!‘Whatyoudoinghere?You’reafinesort!Toomuchofabloomin’gentlemantoputyourhandtoit.Comeoutofyourtrance,didyou?Tosneakin?Didyou?’Yap!yap!‘Youain’tfittolive!’Yap!yap!Twoofthemtogethertryingtoout-barkeachother.Theotherwouldbayfromthesternthroughtheraincouldn’tseehimcouldn’tmakeitoutsomeofhisfilthyjargon.Yap!yap!Bow-ow-ow-ow-ow!Yap!yap!Itwassweettohearthem;itkeptmealive,Itellyou.Itsavedmylife.Atittheywent,asiftryingtodrivemeoverboardwiththenoise!...‘Iwonderyouhadpluckenoughtojump.Youain’twantedhere.IfIhadknownwhoitwas,Iwouldhavetippedyouoveryouskunk!Whathaveyoudonewiththeother?Wheredidyougettheplucktojumpyoucoward?What’stopreventusthreefromfiringyouoverboard?’...Theywereoutofbreath;theshowerpassedawayuponthesea.Thennothing.Therewasnothingroundtheboat,notevenasound.Wantedtoseemeoverboard,didthey?Uponmysoul!Ithinktheywouldhavehadtheirwishiftheyhadonlykeptquiet.Firemeoverboard!Wouldthey?‘Try,’Isaid.‘Iwouldfortwopence.’‘Toogoodforyou,’theyscreechedtogether.ItwassodarkthatitwasonlywhenoneortheotherofthemmovedthatIwasquitesureofseeinghim.Byheavens!Ionlywishtheyhadtried.”

           ‘Icouldn’thelpexclaiming,“Whatanextraordinaryaffair!”

           ‘“Notbadeh?”hesaid,asifinsomesortastounded.

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