Chapter 31

           ‘YoumayimaginewithwhatinterestIlistened.Allthesedetailswereperceivedtohavesomesignificancetwenty-fourhourslater.InthemorningCorneliusmadenoallusiontotheeventsofthenight.“Isupposeyouwillcomebacktomypoorhouse,”hemutteredsurlily,slinkingupjustasJimwasenteringthecanoetogoovertoDoramin’scampong.Jimonlynodded,withoutlookingathim.“Youfinditgoodfun,nodoubt,”mutteredtheotherinasourtone.Jimspentthedaywiththeoldnakhoda,preachingthenecessityofvigorousactiontotheprincipalmenoftheBugiscommunity,whohadbeensummonedforabigtalk.Herememberedwithpleasurehowveryeloquentandpersuasivehehadbeen.“Imanagedtoputsomebackboneintothemthattime,andnomistake,”hesaid.SherifAli’slastraidhadswepttheoutskirtsofthesettlement,andsomewomenbelongingtothetownhadbeencarriedofftothestockade.SherifAli’semissarieshadbeenseeninthemarket-placethedaybefore,struttingabouthaughtilyinwhitecloaks,andboastingoftheRajah’sfriendshipfortheirmaster.Oneofthemstoodforwardintheshadeofatree,and,leaningonthelongbarrelofarifle,exhortedthepeopletoprayerandrepentance,advisingthemtokillallthestrangersintheirmidst,someofwhom,hesaid,wereinfidelsandothersevenworsechildrenofSatanintheguiseofMoslems.ItwasreportedthatseveraloftheRajah’speopleamongstthelistenershadloudlyexpressedtheirapprobation.Theterroramongstthecommonpeoplewasintense.

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