Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           Agreatsilence,inwhichtheloomsofsuccessivefiresplayedwithoutnoise,extendedintothedarknessatthefootofthehill;buttheotherbankoftheriver,alldarksaveforasolitarybonfireattheriver-frontbeforethefort,sentoutintotheairanincreasingtremorthatmighthavebeenthestampingofamultitudeoffeet,thehumofmanyvoices,orthefallofanimmenselydistantwaterfall.Itwasthen,Brownconfessedtome,while,turninghisbackonhismen,hesatlookingatitall,thatnotwithstandinghisdisdain,hisruthlessfaithinhimself,afeelingcameoverhimthatatlasthehadrunhisheadagainstastonewall.Hadhisboatbeenafloatatthetime,hebelievedhewouldhavetriedtostealaway,takinghischancesofalongchasedowntheriverandofstarvationatsea.Itisverydoubtfulwhetherhewouldhavesucceededingettingaway.However,hedidn’ttrythis.Foranothermomenthehadapassingthoughtoftryingtorushthetown,butheperceivedverywellthatintheendhewouldfindhimselfinthelightedstreet,wheretheywouldbeshotdownlikedogsfromthehouses.Theyweretwohundredtoonehethought,whilehismen,huddlingroundtwoheapsofsmoulderingembers,munchedthelastofthebananasandroastedthefewyamstheyowedtoKassim’sdiplomacy.Corneliussatamongstthemdozingsulkily.

           ‘Thenoneofthewhitesrememberedthatsometobaccohadbeenleftintheboat,and,encouragedbytheimpunityoftheSolomonIslander,saidhewouldgotofetchit.

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