Лорд Джим

Chapter 25

           Ihaveseenhermyselfflittingaboutwithherextremelythick,long,greyhairfallingabouthershoulders.Sheutteredhomelyshrewdsayings,wasofnoblebirth,andwaseccentricandarbitrary.Intheafternoonshewouldsitinaveryroomyarm-chair,oppositeherhusband,gazingsteadilythroughawideopeninginthewallwhichgaveanextensiveviewofthesettlementandtheriver.

           ‘Sheinvariablytuckedupherfeetunderher,butoldDoraminsatsquarely,satimposinglyasamountainsitsonaplain.Hewasonlyofthenakhodaormerchantclass,buttherespectshowntohimandthedignityofhisbearingwereverystriking.HewasthechiefofthesecondpowerinPatusan.TheimmigrantsfromCelebes(aboutsixtyfamiliesthat,withdependantsandsoon,couldmustersometwohundredmen“wearingthekriss”)hadelectedhimyearsagofortheirhead.Themenofthatraceareintelligent,enterprising,revengeful,butwithamorefrankcouragethantheotherMalays,andrestlessunderoppression.TheyformedthepartyopposedtotheRajah.Ofcoursethequarrelswerefortrade.Thiswastheprimarycauseoffactionfights,ofthesuddenoutbreaksthatwouldfillthisorthatpartofthesettlementwithsmoke,flame,thenoiseofshotsandshrieks.Villageswereburnt,menweredraggedintotheRajah’sstockadetobekilledortorturedforthecrimeoftradingwithanybodyelsebuthimself.

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