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Chapter 12

           ‘Iwasafraidhewouldenlargeuponthegrievance,forthoughhedidn’tstiralimbortwitchafeature,hemadeoneawarehowmuchhewasirritatedbytherecollection.Butheseemedtoforgetallaboutit.Theydeliveredtheirchargetothe“portauthorities,”asheexpressedit.Hewasstruckbythecalmnesswithwhichithadbeenreceived.“Onemighthavethoughttheyhadsuchadrollfind(droledetrouvaille)broughtthemeveryday.Youareextraordinary—youothers,”hecommented,withhisbackproppedagainstthewall,andlookinghimselfasincapableofanemotionaldisplayasasackofmeal.Therehappenedtobeaman-of-warandanIndianMarinesteamerintheharbouratthetime,andhedidnotconcealhisadmirationoftheefficientmannerinwhichtheboatsofthesetwoshipsclearedthePatnaofherpassengers.Indeedhistorpiddemeanourconcealednothing:ithadthatmysterious,almostmiraculous,powerofproducingstrikingeffectsbymeansimpossibleofdetectionwhichisthelastwordofthehighestart.“Twenty-fiveminutes—watchinhand—twenty-five,nomore.”...Heunclaspedandclaspedagainhisfingerswithoutremovinghishandsfromhisstomach,andmadeitinfinitelymoreeffectivethanifhehadthrownuphisarmstoheaveninamazement....“Allthatlot(toutcemonde)onshore—withtheirlittleaffairs—nobodyleftbutaguardofseamen(marinsdel’Etat)andthatinterestingcorpse(cetinteressantcadavre).Twenty-fiveminutes.”..

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