Лорд Джим

Chapter 30

           Somethingofthekindwasextremelypossiblenay,probablebutthelyingwarningsgavehimonlythesenseofdeadlyscheminggoingonallaroundhim,onallsides,inthedark.Nothingmorecalculatedtoshakethebestofnerve.Finally,onenight,Corneliushimself,withagreatapparatusofalarmandsecrecy,unfoldedinsolemnwheedlingtonesalittleplanwhereinforonehundreddollarsorevenforeighty;let’ssayeightyhe,Cornelius,wouldprocureatrustworthymantosmuggleJimoutoftheriver,allsafe.TherewasnothingelseforitnowifJimcaredapinforhislife.What’seightydollars?Atrifle.Aninsignificantsum.Whilehe,Cornelius,whohadtoremainbehind,wasabsolutelycourtingdeathbythisproofofdevotiontoMr.Stein’syoungfriend.ThesightofhisabjectgrimacingwasJimtoldmeveryhardtobear:heclutchedathishair,beathisbreast,rockedhimselftoandfrowithhishandspressedtohisstomach,andactuallypretendedtoshedtears.“Yourbloodbeonyourownhead,”hesqueakedatlast,andrushedout.ItisacuriousquestionhowfarCorneliuswassincereinthatperformance.Jimconfessedtomethathedidnotsleepawinkafterthefellowhadgone.Helayonhisbackonathinmatspreadoverthebambooflooring,tryingidlytomakeoutthebarerafters,andlisteningtotherustlingsinthetornthatch.Astarsuddenlytwinkledthroughaholeintheroof.Hisbrainwasinawhirl;but,nevertheless,itwasonthatverynightthathematuredhisplanforovercomingSherifAli.

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