Пятнадцатилетний капитан

A Royal Burial

           Byarefinementofcruelty,thecurrentwasallowedtofilterdowntheriver,insteadofbeingprecipitatedbyaninstantaneousburstingopenofthedam.Slowdeathinsteadofquickdeath!

           Thewaterfirstdrownedthecarpetofslaveswhichcoveredthebottomoftheditch.Horribleleapsweremadebythoselivingcreatures,whostruggledagainstasphyxia.TheysawDickSand,submergedtotheknees,makealastefforttobreakhisbonds.Butthewatermounted.Thelastheadsdisappearedunderthetorrent,thattookitscourseagain,andnothingindicatedthatatthebottomofthisriverwasdugatomb,whereonehundredvictimshadjustperishedinhonorofKazounde’sking.

           Thepenwouldrefusetopaintsuchpictures,ifregardforthetruthdidnotimposethedutyofdescribingthemintheirabominablereality.Manisstillthere,inthosesadcountries.Tobeignorantofitisnotallowable.

           

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