Лорд Джим

Chapter 25

           AndallthetimeIwasthinkingtomyselfhowbeastlyitwouldbetogetajabwithaballylongspearwhilestickinginthemudlikethis.IrememberhowsickIfeltwrigglinginthatslime.ImeanreallysickasifIhadbittensomethingrotten.”

           ‘That’showitwasandtheopportunityranbyhisside,leapedoverthegap,flounderedinthemud...stillveiled.Theunexpectednessofhiscomingwastheonlything,youunderstand,thatsavedhimfrombeingatoncedispatchedwithkrissesandflungintotheriver.Theyhadhim,butitwaslikegettingholdofanapparition,awraith,aportent.Whatdiditmean?Whattodowithit?Wasittoolatetoconciliatehim?Hadn’thebetterbekilledwithoutmoredelay?Butwhatwouldhappenthen?WretchedoldAllangwentnearlymadwithapprehensionandthroughthedifficultyofmakinguphismind.Severaltimesthecouncilwasbrokenup,andtheadvisersmadeabreakhelter-skelterforthedoorandoutontotheverandah.Oneitissaidevenjumpeddowntothegroundfifteenfeet,Ishouldjudgeandbrokehisleg.TheroyalgovernorofPatusanhadbizarremannerisms,andoneofthemwastointroduceboastfulrhapsodiesintoeveryarduousdiscussion,when,gettinggraduallyexcited,hewouldendbyflyingoffhisperchwithakrissinhishand.But,barringsuchinterruptions,thedeliberationsuponJim’sfatewentonnightandday.

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