Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           Theman’slimbswereseentomoverapidlyunderhisbodyinanendeavourtorunonall-fours.Inthatemptyspacearoseamultitudinousshoutofdismayandsurprise.Themansankflat,facedown,andmovednomore.“Thatshowedthemwhatwecoulddo,”saidBrowntome.“Struckthefearofsuddendeathintothem.Thatwaswhatwewanted.Theyweretwohundredtoone,andthisgavethemsomethingtothinkoverforthenight.Notoneofthemhadanideaofsuchalongshotbefore.ThatbeggarbelongingtotheRajahscooteddown-hillwithhiseyeshangingoutofhishead.”

           ‘Ashewastellingmethishetriedwithashakinghandtowipethethinfoamonhisbluelips.“Twohundredtoone.Twohundredtoone..striketerror..terror,terror,Itellyou...Hisowneyeswerestartingoutoftheirsockets.Hefellback,clawingtheairwithskinnyfingers,satupagain,bowedandhairy,glaredatmesidewayslikesomeman-beastoffolk-lore,withopenmouthinhismiserableandawfulagonybeforehegothisspeechbackafterthatfit.Therearesightsoneneverforgets.

           ‘Furthermore,todrawtheenemy’sfireandlocatesuchpartiesasmighthavebeenhidinginthebushesalongthecreek,BrownorderedtheSolomonIslandertogodowntotheboatandbringanoar,asyousendaspanielafterastickintothewater.Thisfailed,andthefellowcamebackwithoutasingleshothavingbeenfiredathimfromanywhere.“There’snobody,”opinedsomeofthemen.Itis“unnatural,”remarkedtheYankee.

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