Лорд Джим

Chapter 36

           Doraminhadagreedtofurnishhimtheguns;andsoeachmanofhispartywouldknowtherewasaplaceofsafety,uponwhicheveryfaithfulpartisancouldrallyincaseofsomesuddendanger.Allthisshowedhisjudiciousforesight,hisfaithinthefuture.Whathecalled“myownpeople”theliberatedcaptivesoftheSherifweretomakeadistinctquarterofPatusan,withtheirhutsandlittleplotsofgroundunderthewallsofthestronghold.Withinhewouldbeaninvinciblehostinhimself“TheFort,Patusan.”Nodate,asyouobserve.Whatisanumberandanametoadayofdays?Itisalsoimpossibletosaywhomhehadinhismindwhenheseizedthepen:Steinmyselftheworldatlargeorwasthisonlytheaimlessstartledcryofasolitarymanconfrontedbyhisfate?“Anawfulthinghashappened,”hewrotebeforeheflungthependownforthefirsttime;lookattheinkblotresemblingtheheadofanarrowunderthesewords.Afterawhilehehadtriedagain,scrawlingheavily,asifwithahandoflead,anotherline.“Imustnowatonce...Thepenhadspluttered,andthattimehegaveitup.There’snothingmore;hehadseenabroadgulfthatneithereyenorvoicecouldspan.Icanunderstandthis.Hewasoverwhelmedbytheinexplicable;hewasoverwhelmedbyhisownpersonalitythegiftofthatdestinywhichhehaddonehisbesttomaster.

           ‘Isendyoualsoanoldletteraveryoldletter.Itwasfoundcarefullypreservedinhiswriting-case.

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