Лорд Джим

Chapter 24

           Thetalkativeoldmanhimselfhadsteeredthecanoeandhadmarvelledatthephenomenon.Moreover,alltheglorywasinhisfamily.Hissonandhisson-in-lawhadpaddled;buttheywereonlyyouthswithoutexperience,whodidnotnoticethespeedofthecanoetillhepointedouttothemtheamazingfact.

           ‘Jim’scomingtothatfishingvillagewasablessing;buttothem,astomanyofus,theblessingcameheraldedbyterrors.Somanygenerationshadbeenreleasedsincethelastwhitemanhadvisitedtheriverthattheverytraditionhadbeenlost.TheappearanceofthebeingthatdescendeduponthemanddemandedinflexiblytobetakenuptoPatusanwasdiscomposing;hisinsistencewasalarming;hisgenerositymorethansuspicious.Itwasanunheard-ofrequest.Therewasnoprecedent.WhatwouldtheRajahsaytothis?Whatwouldhedotothem?Thebestpartofthenightwasspentinconsultation;buttheimmediateriskfromtheangerofthatstrangemanseemedsogreatthatatlastacrankydug-outwasgotready.Thewomenshriekedwithgriefasitputoff.Afearlessoldhagcursedthestranger.

           ‘Hesatinit,asI’vetoldyou,onhistinbox,nursingtheunloadedrevolveronhislap.Hesatwithprecautionthanwhichthereisnothingmorefatiguingandthusenteredthelandhewasdestinedtofillwiththefameofhisvirtues,fromthebluepeaksinlandtothewhiteribbonofsurfonthecoast.

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