Лорд Джим

Chapter 28

           That’sbusiness.Understand?Iknowsomegoodpeoplethatwillbuyanythingworthhaving,andcangivehimmoremoneythanthescoundreleversawinhislife.Iknowhissort.”Hefixedmesteadfastlywithbothhiseyesopen,whileIstoodoverhimutterlyamazed,andaskingmyselfwhetherhewasmadordrunk.Heperspired,puffed,moaningfeebly,andscratchinghimselfwithsuchhorriblecomposurethatIcouldnotbearthesightlongenoughtofindout.Nextday,talkingcasuallywiththepeopleofthelittlenativecourtoftheplace,IdiscoveredthatastorywastravellingslowlydownthecoastaboutamysteriouswhitemaninPatusanwhohadgotholdofanextraordinarygem—namely,anemeraldofanenormoussize,andaltogetherpriceless.TheemeraldseemstoappealmoretotheEasternimaginationthananyotherpreciousstone.Thewhitemanhadobtainedit,Iwastold,partlybytheexerciseofhiswonderfulstrengthandpartlybycunning,fromtherulerofadistantcountry,whencehehadfledinstantly,arrivinginPatusaninutmostdistress,butfrighteningthepeoplebyhisextremeferocity,whichnothingseemedabletosubdue.Mostofmyinformantswereoftheopinionthatthestonewasprobablyunlucky,—likethefamousstoneoftheSultanofSuccadana,whichintheoldtimeshadbroughtwarsanduntoldcalamitiesuponthatcountry.Perhapsitwasthesamestone—onecouldn’tsay

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