Лорд Джим

Chapter 25

           Ashakingfuryseemedtoenterthatoldfrailbody.Hewrithedweirdlyonhismat,gesticulatingwithhishandsandfeet,tossingthetangledstringsofhismopanimpotentincarnationofrage.Therewerestaringeyesanddroppingjawsallaroundus.Jimbegantospeak.Resolutely,coolly,andforsometimeheenlargeduponthetextthatnomanshouldbepreventedfromgettinghisfoodandhischildren’sfoodhonestly.Theothersatlikeatailorathisboard,onepalmoneachknee,hisheadlow,andfixingJimthroughthegreyhairthatfelloverhisveryeyes.WhenJimhaddonetherewasagreatstillness.Nobodyseemedtobreatheeven;noonemadeasoundtilltheoldRajahsighedfaintly,andlookingup,withatossofhishead,saidquickly,“Youhear,mypeople!Nomoreoftheselittlegames.”Thisdecreewasreceivedinprofoundsilence.Aratherheavyman,evidentlyinapositionofconfidence,withintelligenteyes,abony,broad,verydarkface,andacheerilyofficiousmanner(Ilearnedlateronhewastheexecutioner),presentedtoustwocupsofcoffeeonabrasstray,whichhetookfromthehandsofaninferiorattendant.“Youneedn’tdrink,”mutteredJimveryrapidly.Ididn’tperceivethemeaningatfirst,andonlylookedathim.Hetookagoodsipandsatcomposedly,holdingthesaucerinhislefthand.InamomentIfeltexcessivelyannoyed.

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