Лорд Джим

Chapter 25

           

           ‘Meanwhilehewanderedaboutthecourtyard,shunnedbysome,glaredatbyothers,butwatchedbyall,andpracticallyatthemercyofthefirstcasualragamuffinwithachopper,inthere.Hetookpossessionofasmalltumble-downshedtosleepin;theeffluviaoffilthandrottenmatterincommodedhimgreatly:itseemshehadnotlosthisappetitethough,becausehetoldmehehadbeenhungryalltheblessedtime.Nowandagain“somefussyass”deputedfromthecouncil-roomwouldcomeoutrunningtohim,andinhoneyedtoneswouldadministeramazinginterrogatories:“WeretheDutchcomingtotakethecountry?Wouldthewhitemanliketogobackdowntheriver?Whatwastheobjectofcomingtosuchamiserablecountry?TheRajahwantedtoknowwhetherthewhitemancouldrepairawatch?”TheydidactuallybringouttohimanickelclockofNewEnglandmake,andoutofsheerunbearableboredomhebusiedhimselfintryingtogetthealarumtowork.Itwasapparentlywhenthusoccupiedinhisshedthatthetrueperceptionofhisextremeperildawneduponhim.Hedroppedthethinghesays“likeahotpotato,”andwalkedouthastily,withouttheslightestideaofwhathewould,orindeedcould,do.Heonlyknewthatthepositionwasintolerable.

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