Лорд Джим

Chapter 40

           Then,lyingflatonhisface,hegavehimselfupfordead,whileathinhailofleadchoppedandswishedthebushescloseonhisrighthand;afterwardshedeliveredhisspeechshouting,bentdouble,dodgingallthetimeincover.Withthelastwordheleapedsideways,laycloseforawhile,andafterwardsgotbacktothehousesunharmed,havingachievedonthatnightsucharenownashischildrenwillnotwillinglyallowtodie.

           ‘Andonthehilltheforlornbandletthetwolittleheapsofembersgooutundertheirbowedheads.Theysatdejectedonthegroundwithcompressedlipsanddowncasteyes,listeningtotheircomradebelow.Hewasastrongmananddiedhard,withmoansnowloud,nowsinkingtoastrangeconfidentialnoteofpain.Sometimesheshrieked,andagain,afteraperiodofsilence,hecouldbeheardmutteringdeliriouslyalongandunintelligiblecomplaint.Neverforamomentdidhecease.

           ‘“What’sthegood?”Brownhadsaidunmovedonce,seeingtheYankee,whohadbeenswearingunderhisbreath,preparetogodown.“That’sso,”assentedthedeserter,reluctantlydesisting.“There’snoencouragementforwoundedmenhere.Onlyhisnoiseiscalculatedtomakealltheothersthinktoomuchofthehereafter,cap’n.”“Water!”criedthewoundedmaninanextraordinarilyclearvigorousvoice,andthenwentoffmoaningfeebly.“Ay,water.Waterwilldoit,”mutteredtheothertohimself,resignedly.“Plentyby-and-by.Thetideisflowing.

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