Лорд Джим

Chapter 35

           Atinyblackcanoeputofffromamongstthemwithtwotinymen,allblack,whotoiledexceedingly,strikingdownatthepalewater:andthecanoeseemedtoslidepainfullyonamirror.Thisbunchofmiserablehovelswasthefishingvillagethatboastedofthewhitelord’sespecialprotection,andthetwomencrossingoverweretheoldheadmanandhisson-in-law.Theylandedandwalkeduptousonthewhitesand,lean,dark-brownasifdriedinsmoke,withashypatchesontheskinoftheirnakedshouldersandbreasts.Theirheadswereboundindirtybutcarefullyfoldedheadkerchiefs,andtheoldmanbeganatoncetostateacomplaint,voluble,stretchingalankarm,screwingupatJimhisoldblearedeyesconfidently.TheRajah’speoplewouldnotleavethemalone;therehadbeensometroubleaboutalotofturtles’eggshispeoplehadcollectedontheisletsthereandleaningatarm’s-lengthuponhispaddle,hepointedwithabrownskinnyhandoverthesea.Jimlistenedforatimewithoutlookingup,andatlasttoldhimgentlytowait.Hewouldhearhimby-and-by.Theywithdrewobedientlytosomelittledistance,andsatontheirheels,withtheirpaddleslyingbeforethemonthesand;thesilverygleamsintheireyesfollowedourmovementspatiently;andtheimmensityoftheoutspreadsea,thestillnessofthecoast,passingnorthandsouthbeyondthelimitsofmyvision,madeuponecolossalPresencewatchingusfourdwarfsisolatedonastripofglisteningsand.

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