Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           “Dam’foolishness,”mutteredtheYankee,vexedlygroundingthebutt.Corneliustranslated.Thewoundedmanbelowthehill,aftercryingouttwice,“Takemeup!takemeup!”wentoncomplaininginmoans.Whilehehadkeptontheblackenedearthoftheslope,andafterwardscrouchingintheboat,hehadbeensafeenough.Itseemsthatinhisjoyatfindingthetobaccoheforgothimselfandjumpedoutonheroff-side,asitwere.Thewhiteboat,lyinghighanddry,showedhimup;thecreekwasnomorethansevenyardswideinthatplace,andtherehappenedtobeamancrouchinginthebushontheotherbank.

           ‘HewasaBugisofTondanoonlylatelycometoPatusan,andarelationofthemanshotintheafternoon.Thatfamouslongshothadindeedappalledthebeholders.Themaninuttersecurityhadbeenstruckdown,infullviewofhisfriends,droppingwithajokeonhislips,andtheyseemedtoseeintheactanatrocitywhichhadstirredabitterrage.Thatrelationofhis,Si-Lapabyname,wasthenwithDoramininthestockadeonlyafewfeetaway.Youwhoknowthesechapsmustadmitthatthefellowshowedanunusualpluckbyvolunteeringtocarrythemessage,alone,inthedark.Creepingacrosstheopenground,hehaddeviatedtotheleftandfoundhimselfoppositetheboat.HewasstartledwhenBrown’smanshouted.Hecametoasittingpositionwithhisguntohisshoulder,andwhentheotherjumpedout,exposinghimself,hepulledthetriggerandlodgedthreejaggedslugspoint-blankintothepoorwretch’sstomach.

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