Лорд Джим

Chapter 29

           Putitdowntotheunsettledstateofthecountry,andmadeasiftotearhishairout,beggingmypardontwentytimesaday,sothatIhadatlasttoentreathimnottoworry.Itmademesick.Halftheroofofhishousehadfallenin,andthewholeplacehadamangylook,withwispsofdrygrassstickingoutandthecornersofbrokenmatsflappingoneverywall.HedidhisbesttomakeoutthatMr.Steinowedhimmoneyonthelastthreeyears’trading,buthisbookswerealltorn,andsomeweremissing.Hetriedtohintitwashislatewife’sfault.Disgustingscoundrel!AtlastIhadtoforbidhimtomentionhislatewifeatall.ItmadeJewelcry.Icouldn’tdiscoverwhatbecameofallthetrade-goods;therewasnothinginthestorebutrats,havingahigholdtimeamongstalitterofbrownpaperandoldsacking.Iwasassuredoneveryhandthathehadalotofmoneyburiedsomewhere,butofcoursecouldgetnothingoutofhim.ItwasthemostmiserableexistenceIledthereinthatwretchedhouse.ItriedtodomydutybyStein,butIhadalsoothermatterstothinkof.WhenIescapedtoDoraminoldTunkuAllanggotfrightenedandreturnedallmythings.Itwasdoneinaroundaboutway,andwithnoendofmystery,throughaChinamanwhokeepsasmallshophere;butassoonasIlefttheBugisquarterandwenttolivewithCorneliusitbegantobesaidopenlythattheRajahhadmadeuphismindtohavemekilledbeforelong.Pleasant,wasn’tit?AndIcouldn’tseewhattherewastopreventhimifhereallyhadmadeuphismind

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