Лорд Джим

Chapter 44

           DainWarislistenedattentivelytotheend,toyingwiththeringwhichultimatelyheslippedontheforefingerofhisrighthand.AfterhearingallhehadtosayhedismissedTamb’Itamtohavefoodandrest.Ordersforthereturnintheafternoonweregivenimmediately.AfterwardsDainWarislaydownagain,open-eyed,whilehispersonalattendantswerepreparinghisfoodatthefire,bywhichTamb’Itamalsosattalkingtothemenwholoungeduptohearthelatestintelligencefromthetown.Thesunwaseatingupthemist.Agoodwatchwaskeptuponthereachofthemainstreamwheretheboatofthewhiteswasexpectedtoappeareverymoment.

           ‘ItwasthenthatBrowntookhisrevengeupontheworldwhich,aftertwentyyearsofcontemptuousandrecklessbullying,refusedhimthetributeofacommonrobber’ssuccess.Itwasanactofcold-bloodedferocity,anditconsoledhimonhisdeath-bedlikeamemoryofanindomitabledefiance.StealthilyhelandedhismenontheothersideoftheislandoppositetotheBugiscamp,andledthemacross.Afterashortbutquitesilentscuffle,Cornelius,whohadtriedtoslinkawayatthemomentoflanding,resignedhimselftoshowthewaywheretheundergrowthwasmostsparse.Brownheldbothhisskinnyhandstogetherbehindhisbackinthegripofonevastfist,andnowandthenimpelledhimforwardwithafiercepush.Corneliusremainedasmuteasafish,abjectbutfaithfultohispurpose,whoseaccomplishmentloomedbeforehimdimly.

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