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Chapter 13
Shining!Incorruptible!”
Apained,involuntaryreluctancelingeredinhistone,inhiseyes,plaintothewomanwiththegeniusofsympatheticintuition.Sheavertedherglancefromthemiserablesubjectionofthedyingman,appalled,wishingtohearnomoreofthesilver.
“No,Capataz,”shesaid.“Noonemissesitnow.Letitbelostforever.”
Afterhearingthesewords,Nostromoclosedhiseyes,utterednoword,madenomovement.Outsidethedoorofthesick-roomDr.Monygham,excitedtothehighestpitch,hiseyesshiningwitheagerness,cameuptothetwowomen.
“Now,Mrs.Gould,”hesaid,almostbrutallyinhisimpatience,“tellme,wasIright?Thereisamystery.Youhavegotthewordofit,haveyounot?Hetoldyou——”
“Hetoldmenothing,”saidMrs.Gould,steadily.
ThelightofhistemperamentalenmitytoNostromowentoutofDr.Monygham’seyes.Hesteppedbacksubmissively.HedidnotbelieveMrs.Gould.Butherwordwaslaw.HeacceptedherdeniallikeaninexplicablefatalityaffirmingthevictoryofNostromo’sgeniusoverhisown.Evenbeforethatwoman,whomhelovedwithsecretdevotion,hehadbeendefeatedbythemagnificentCapatazdeCargadores,themanwhohadlivedhisownlifeontheassumptionofunbrokenfidelity,rectitude,andcourage!
“Praysendatoncesomebodyformycarriage,”spokeMrs.Gouldfromwithinherhood.
