Лорд Джим

Chapter 6

           Iwonderedgreatlyatthedirectionofhisthoughts,butnowIstronglysuspectitwasstrictlyincharacter:atbottompoorBrierlymusthavebeenthinkingofhimself.IpointedouttohimthattheskipperofthePatnawasknowntohavefeatheredhisnestprettywell,andcouldprocurealmostanywherethemeansofgettingaway.WithJimitwasotherwise:theGovernmentwaskeepinghimintheSailors’Homeforthetimebeing,andprobablyhehadn’tapennyinhispockettoblesshimselfwith.Itcostssomemoneytorunaway.“Doesit?Notalways,”hesaid,withabitterlaugh,andtosomefurtherremarkofmine—“Well,then,lethimcreeptwentyfeetundergroundandstaythere!Byheavens!Iwould.”Idon’tknowwhyhistoneprovokedme,andIsaid,“Thereisakindofcourageinfacingitoutashedoes,knowingverywellthatifhewentawaynobodywouldtroubletorunafterhmm.”“Couragebehanged!”growledBrierly.“Thatsortofcourageisofnousetokeepamanstraight,andIdon’tcareasnapforsuchcourage.Ifyouweretosayitwasakindofcowardicenow—ofsoftness.Itellyouwhat,Iwillputuptwohundredrupeesifyouputupanotherhundredandundertaketomakethebeggarclearoutearlyto-morrowmorning.Thefellow’sagentlemanifheain’tfittobetouched—hewillunderstand.Hemust!Thisinfernalpublicityistooshocking:therehesitswhilealltheseconfoundednatives,serangs,lascars,quartermasters,aregivingevidencethat’senoughtoburnamantoasheswithshame.Thisisabominable.

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