Chapter 41

           ‘Totheverylastmoment,tillthefulldaycameuponthemwithaspring,thefiresonthewestbankblazedbrightandclear;andthenBrownsawinaknotofcolouredfiguresmotionlessbetweentheadvancedhousesamaninEuropeanclothes,inahelmet,allwhite.“That’shim;look!look!”Corneliussaidexcitedly.AllBrown’smenhadsprungupandcrowdedathisbackwithlustrelesseyes.Thegroupofvividcoloursanddarkfaceswiththewhitefigureintheirmidstwereobservingtheknoll.Browncouldseenakedarmsbeingraisedtoshadetheeyesandotherbrownarmspointing.Whatshouldhedo?Helookedaround,andtheforeststhatfacedhimonallsideswalledthecock-pitofanunequalcontest.Helookedoncemoreathismen.Acontempt,aweariness,thedesireoflife,thewishtotryforonemorechanceforsomeothergravestruggledinhisbreast.Fromtheoutlinethefigurepresenteditseemedtohimthatthewhitemanthere,backedupbyallthepoweroftheland,wasexamininghispositionthroughbinoculars.Brownjumpeduponthelog,throwinghisarmsup,thepalmsoutwards.Thecolouredgroupclosedroundthewhiteman,andfellbacktwicebeforehegotclearofthem,walkingslowlyalone.BrownremainedstandingonthelogtillJim,appearinganddisappearingbetweenthepatchesofthornyscrub,hadnearlyreachedthecreek;thenBrownjumpedoffandwentdowntomeethimonhisside.

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