Chapter 37

           ‘ItallbeginswitharemarkableexploitofamancalledBrown,whostolewithcompletesuccessaSpanishschooneroutofasmallbaynearZamboanga.TillIdiscoveredthefellowmyinformationwasincomplete,butmostunexpectedlyIdidcomeuponhimafewhoursbeforehegaveuphisarrogantghost.Fortunatelyhewaswillingandabletotalkbetweenthechokingfitsofasthma,andhisrackedbodywrithedwithmaliciousexultationatthebarethoughtofJim.Heexultedthusattheideathathehad“paidoutthestuck-upbeggarafterall.”Hegloatedoverhisaction.Ihadtobearthesunkenglareofhisfiercecrow-footedeyesifIwantedtoknow;andsoIboreit,reflectinghowmuchcertainformsofevilareakintomadness,derivedfromintenseegoism,inflamedbyresistance,tearingthesoultopieces,andgivingfactitiousvigourtothebody.ThestoryalsorevealsunsuspecteddepthsofcunninginthewretchedCornelius,whoseabjectandintensehateactslikeasubtleinspiration,pointingoutanunerringwaytowardsrevenge.

           ‘“IcouldseedirectlyIsetmyeyesonhimwhatsortofafoolhewas,”gaspedthedyingBrown.“Heaman!Hell!Hewasahollowsham.Asifhecouldn’thavesaidstraightout,‘Handsoffmyplunder!’blasthim!Thatwouldhavebeenlikeaman!Rothissuperiorsoul!Hehadmetherebuthehadn’tdevilenoughinhimtomakeanendofme.Nothe!AthinglikethatlettingmeoffasifIwasn’tworthakick!...Brownstruggleddesperatelyforbreath....“Fraud....Lettingmeoff....

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