Лорд Джим

Chapter 27

           Thewholestockadehewouldinsistonexplainingtoyouwasapooraffair(SherifAlitrustedmainlytotheinaccessibleposition);and,anyway,thethinghadbeenalreadyknockedtopiecesandonlyhungtogetherbyamiracle.Heputhisshouldertoitlikealittlefoolandwentinheadoverheels.Jove!Ifithadn’tbeenforDainWaris,apock-markedtattooedvagabondwouldhavepinnedhimwithhisspeartoabaulkoftimberlikeoneofStein’sbeetles.Thethirdmanin,itseems,hadbeenTamb’Itam,Jim’sownservant.ThiswasaMalayfromthenorth,astrangerwhohadwanderedintoPatusan,andhadbeenforciblydetainedbyRajahAllangaspaddlerofoneofthestateboats.Hehadmadeaboltofitatthefirstopportunity,andfindingaprecariousrefuge(butverylittletoeat)amongsttheBugissettlers,hadattachedhimselftoJim’sperson.Hiscomplexionwasverydark,hisfaceflat,hiseyesprominentandinjectedwithbile.Therewassomethingexcessive,almostfanatical,inhisdevotiontohis“whitelord.”HewasinseparablefromJimlikeamoroseshadow.Onstateoccasionshewouldtreadonhismaster’sheels,onehandonthehaftofhiskriss,keepingthecommonpeopleatadistancebyhistruculentbroodingglances.Jimhadmadehimtheheadmanofhisestablishment,andallPatusanrespectedandcourtedhimasapersonofmuchinfluence.Atthetakingofthestockadehehaddistinguishedhimselfgreatlybythemethodicalferocityofhisfighting.

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