Chapter 26

           ‘DoraminwasoneofthemostremarkablemenofhisraceIhadeverseen.HisbulkforaMalaywasimmense,buthedidnotlookmerelyfat;helookedimposing,monumental.Thismotionlessbody,cladinrichstuffs,colouredsilks,goldembroideries;thishugehead,enfoldedinared-and-goldheadkerchief;theflat,big,roundface,wrinkled,furrowed,withtwosemicircularheavyfoldsstartingoneachsideofwide,fiercenostrils,andenclosingathick-lippedmouth;thethroatlikeabull;thevastcorrugatedbrowoverhangingthestaringproudeyesmadeawholethat,onceseen,canneverbeforgotten.Hisimpassiverepose(heseldomstirredalimbwhenoncehesatdown)waslikeadisplayofdignity.Hewasneverknowntoraisehisvoice.Itwasahoarseandpowerfulmurmur,slightlyveiledasifheardfromadistance.Whenhewalked,twoshort,sturdyyoungfellows,nakedtothewaist,inwhitesarongsandwithblackskull-capsonthebacksoftheirheads,sustainedhiselbows;theywouldeasehimdownandstandbehindhischairtillhewantedtorise,whenhewouldturnhisheadslowly,asifwithdifficulty,totherightandtotheleft,andthentheywouldcatchhimunderhisarmpitsandhelphimup.Forallthat,therewasnothingofacrippleabouthim:onthecontrary,allhisponderousmovementswerelikemanifestationsofamightydeliberateforce.Itwasgenerallybelievedheconsultedhiswifeastopublicaffairs;butnobody,asfarasIknow,hadeverheardthemexchangeasingleword.Whentheysatinstatebythewideopeningitwasinsilence.

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