Лорд Джим

Chapter 38

           Clearlyhemusthaveshiftedthesceneofhisoperationsfartherwest,becauseayearlaterheplaysanincrediblyaudacious,butnotaveryprofitablepart,inaserio-comicbusinessinManilaBay,inwhichapeculatinggovernorandanabscondingtreasureraretheprincipalfigures;thereafterheseemstohavehungaroundthePhilippinesinhisrottenschoonerbattlingwithunadversefortune,tillatlast,runninghisappointedcourse,hesailsintoJim’shistory,ablindaccompliceoftheDarkPowers.

           ‘HistalegoesthatwhenaSpanishpatrolcuttercapturedhimhewassimplytryingtorunafewgunsfortheinsurgents.Ifso,thenIcan’tunderstandwhathewasdoingoffthesouthcoastofMindanao.Mybelief,however,isthathewasblackmailingthenativevillagesalongthecoast.Theprincipalthingisthatthecutter,throwingaguardonboard,madehimsailincompanytowardsZamboanga.Ontheway,forsomereasonorother,bothvesselshadtocallatoneofthesenewSpanishsettlementswhichnevercametoanythingintheendwheretherewasnotonlyacivilofficialinchargeonshore,butagoodstoutcoastingschoonerlyingatanchorinthelittlebay;andthiscraft,ineverywaymuchbetterthanhisown,Brownmadeuphismindtosteal.

           ‘Hewasdownonhisluckashetoldmehimself.

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