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Chapter 28

           IndeedthestoryofafabulouslylargeemeraldisasoldasthearrivalofthefirstwhitemenintheArchipelago;andthebeliefinitissopersistentthatlessthanfortyyearsagotherehadbeenanofficialDutchinquiryintothetruthofit.Suchajewel—itwasexplainedtomebytheoldfellowfromwhomIheardmostofthisamazingJim-myth—asortofscribetothewretchedlittleRajahoftheplace;—suchajewel,hesaid,cockinghispoorpurblindeyesupatme(hewassittingonthecabinflooroutofrespect),isbestpreservedbybeingconcealedaboutthepersonofawoman.Yetitisnoteverywomanthatwoulddo.Shemustbeyoung—hesigheddeeply—andinsensibletotheseductionsoflove.Heshookhisheadsceptically.Butsuchawomanseemedtobeactuallyinexistence.Hehadbeentoldofatallgirl,whomthewhitemantreatedwithgreatrespectandcare,andwhoneverwentforthfromthehouseunattended.Peoplesaidthewhitemancouldbeseenwithheralmostanyday;theywalkedsidebyside,openly,heholdingherarmunderhis—pressedtohisside—thus—inamostextraordinaryway.Thismightbealie,heconceded,foritwasindeedastrangethingforanyonetodo:ontheotherhand,therecouldbenodoubtsheworethewhiteman’sjewelconcealeduponherbosom.’

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