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Chapter 1

           

           “Ifthat’sallheissureof,thenheissureofnothing,”saidthedoctor.Hehadperchedhimselfagainontheendofthetable.Henursedhischeekinthepalmofonehand,whiletheothersustainedtheelbow.“Itisthelastthingamanoughttobesureof.”Thecandle,half-consumedandburningdimlywithalongwick,lightedupfrombelowhisinclinedface,whoseexpressionaffectedbythedrawn-incicatricesinthecheeks,hadsomethingvaguelyunnatural,anexaggeratedremorsefulbitterness.Ashesattherehehadtheairofmeditatinguponsinisterthings.Theengineer-in-chiefgazedathimforatimebeforeheprotested.

           “Ireallydon’tseethat.Formethereseemstobenothingelse.However

           Hewasawiseman,buthecouldnotquiteconcealhiscontemptforthatsortofparadox;infact.Dr.MonyghamwasnotlikedbytheEuropeansofSulaco.Hisoutwardaspectofanoutcast,whichhepreservedeveninMrs.Gould’sdrawing-room,provokedunfavourablecriticism.Therecouldbenodoubtofhisintelligence;andashehadlivedforovertwentyyearsinthecountry,thepessimismofhisoutlookcouldnotbealtogetherignored.Butinstinctively,inself-defenceoftheiractivitiesandhopes,hishearersputittotheaccountofsomehiddenimperfectionintheman’scharacter.Itwasknownthatmanyyearsbefore,whenquiteyoung,hehadbeenmadebyGuzmanBentochiefmedicalofficerofthearmy.

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