Лорд Джим

Chapter 39

           Brown’smen,recoveringtheirconfidence,wereslappingeachotherontheback,andcastknowingglancesattheircaptainwhiletheybusiedthemselveswithpreparationsforcooking.

           ‘KassimdislikedDoraminandhisBugisverymuch,buthehatedtheneworderofthingsstillmore.Ithadoccurredtohimthatthesewhites,togetherwiththeRajah’sfollowers,couldattackanddefeattheBugisbeforeJim’sreturn.Then,hereasoned,generaldefectionofthetownfolkwassuretofollow,andthereignofthewhitemanwhoprotectedpoorpeoplewouldbeover.Afterwardsthenewalliescouldbedealtwith.Theywouldhavenofriends.Thefellowwasperfectlyabletoperceivethedifferenceofcharacter,andhadseenenoughofwhitementoknowthatthesenewcomerswereoutcasts,menwithoutcountry.Brownpreservedasternandinscrutabledemeanour.WhenhefirstheardCornelius’svoicedemandingadmittance,itbroughtmerelythehopeofaloopholeforescape.Inlessthananhourotherthoughtswereseethinginhishead.Urgedbyanextremenecessity,hehadcometheretostealfood,afewtonsofrubberorgummaybe,perhapsahandfulofdollars,andhadfoundhimselfenmeshedbydeadlydangers.NowinconsequenceoftheseoverturesfromKassimhebegantothinkofstealingthewholecountry.Someconfoundedfellowhadapparentlyaccomplishedsomethingofthekindsingle-handedatthat.Couldn’thavedoneitverywellthough.Perhapstheycouldworktogethersqueezeeverythingdryandthengooutquietly.

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