Лорд Джим

Chapter 20

           Theybothbecametheheroesofinnumerableexploits;theyhadwonderfuladventures,andoncestoodasiegeintheScotsman’shouseforamonth,withonlyascoreoffollowersagainstawholearmy.Ibelievethenativestalkofthatwartothisday.Meantime,itseems,Steinneverfailedtoannexonhisownaccounteverybutterflyorbeetlehecouldlayhandson.Aftersomeeightyearsofwar,negotiations,falsetruces,suddenoutbreaks,reconciliation,treachery,andsoon,andjustaspeaceseemedatlastpermanentlyestablished,his“poorMohammedBonso”wasassassinatedatthegateofhisownroyalresidencewhiledismountinginthehighestspiritsonhisreturnfromasuccessfuldeer-hunt.ThiseventrenderedStein’spositionextremelyinsecure,buthewouldhavestayedperhapshaditnotbeenthatashorttimeafterwardshelostMohammed’ssister(“mydearwifetheprincess,”heusedtosaysolemnly),bywhomhehadhadadaughtermotherandchildbothdyingwithinthreedaysofeachotherfromsomeinfectiousfever.Heleftthecountry,whichthiscruellosshadmadeunbearabletohim.Thusendedthefirstandadventurouspartofhisexistence.Whatfollowedwassodifferentthat,butfortherealityofsorrowwhichremainedwithhim,thisstrangepastmusthaveresembledadream.Hehadalittlemoney;hestartedlifeafresh,andinthecourseofyearsacquiredaconsiderablefortune.

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