Лорд Джим

Chapter 44

           

           ‘ThusBrownbalancedhisaccountwiththeevilfortune.Noticethateveninthisawfuloutbreakthereisasuperiorityasofamanwhocarriesrighttheabstractthingwithintheenvelopeofhiscommondesires.Itwasnotavulgarandtreacherousmassacre;itwasalesson,aretributionademonstrationofsomeobscureandawfulattributeofournaturewhich,Iamafraid,isnotsoveryfarunderthesurfaceasweliketothink.

           ‘AfterwardsthewhitesdepartunseenbyTamb’Itam,andseemtovanishfrombeforemen’seyesaltogether;andtheschooner,too,vanishesafterthemannerofstolengoods.Butastoryistoldofawhitelong-boatpickedupamonthlaterintheIndianOceanbyacargosteamer.Twoparched,yellow,glassy-eyed,whisperingskeletonsinherrecognisedtheauthorityofathird,whodeclaredthathisnamewasBrown.Hisschooner,hereported,boundsouthwithacargoofJavasugar,hadsprungabadleakandsankunderhisfeet.Heandhiscompanionswerethesurvivorsofacrewofsix.Thetwodiedonboardthesteamerwhichrescuedthem.Brownlivedtobeseenbyme,andIcantestifythathehadplayedhisparttothelast.

           ‘Itseems,however,thatingoingawaytheyhadneglectedtocastoffCornelius’scanoe.CorneliushimselfBrownhadletgoatthebeginningoftheshooting,withakickforapartingbenediction.Tamb’Itam,afterarisingfromamongstthedead,sawtheNazarenerunningupanddowntheshoreamongstthecorpsesandtheexpiringfires.

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