Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           Kassimhadgone,bythattime,verymuchimpressed,pleasedtoo,andalsouneasy.Pursuinghistortuouspolicy,hehaddispatchedamessagetoDainWariswarninghimtolookoutforthewhitemen’sship,which,hehadhadinformation,wasabouttocomeuptheriver.Heminimiseditsstrengthandexhortedhimtoopposeitspassage.Thisdouble-dealingansweredhispurpose,whichwastokeeptheBugisforcesdividedandtoweakenthembyfighting.Ontheotherhand,hehadinthecourseofthatdaysentwordtotheassembledBugischiefsintown,assuringthemthathewastryingtoinducetheinvaderstoretire;hismessagestothefortaskedearnestlyforpowderfortheRajah’smen.ItwasalongtimesinceTunkuAllanghadhadammunitionforthescoreorsoofoldmusketsrustingintheirarm-racksintheaudience-hall.Theopenintercoursebetweenthehillandthepalaceunsettledalltheminds.Itwasalreadytimeformentotakesides,itbegantobesaid.Therewouldsoonbemuchbloodshed,andthereaftergreattroubleformanypeople.Thesocialfabricoforderly,peacefullife,wheneverymanwassureofto-morrow,theedificeraisedbyJim’shands,seemedonthateveningreadytocollapseintoaruinreekingwithblood.Thepoorerfolkwerealreadytakingtothebushorflyinguptheriver.AgoodmanyoftheupperclassjudgeditnecessarytogoandpaytheircourttotheRajah.TheRajah’syouthsjostledthemrudely.

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