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Chapter 36

           Doraminhadagreedtofurnishhimtheguns;andsoeachmanofhispartywouldknowtherewasaplaceofsafety,uponwhicheveryfaithfulpartisancouldrallyincaseofsomesuddendanger.Allthisshowedhisjudiciousforesight,hisfaithinthefuture.Whathecalled“myownpeople”—theliberatedcaptivesoftheSherif—weretomakeadistinctquarterofPatusan,withtheirhutsandlittleplotsofgroundunderthewallsofthestronghold.Withinhewouldbeaninvinciblehostinhimself“TheFort,Patusan.”Nodate,asyouobserve.Whatisanumberandanametoadayofdays?Itisalsoimpossibletosaywhomhehadinhismindwhenheseizedthepen:Stein—myself—theworldatlarge—orwasthisonlytheaimlessstartledcryofasolitarymanconfrontedbyhisfate?“Anawfulthinghashappened,”hewrotebeforeheflungthependownforthefirsttime;lookattheinkblotresemblingtheheadofanarrowunderthesewords.Afterawhilehehadtriedagain,scrawlingheavily,asifwithahandoflead,anotherline.“Imustnowatonce...”Thepenhadspluttered,andthattimehegaveitup.There’snothingmore;hehadseenabroadgulfthatneithereyenorvoicecouldspan.Icanunderstandthis.Hewasoverwhelmedbytheinexplicable;hewasoverwhelmedbyhisownpersonality—thegiftofthatdestinywhichhehaddonehisbesttomaster.

           ‘Isendyoualsoanoldletter—averyoldletter.Itwasfoundcarefullypreservedinhiswriting-case.

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