Лорд Джим

Chapter 39

           Therefugeescrowdedroundher;andthroughthewholeaffair,totheverydisastrouslast,sheshowedanextraordinarymartialardour.ItwastoherthatDainWarishadgoneatonceatthefirstintelligenceofdanger,foryoumustknowthatJimwastheonlyoneinPatusanwhopossessedastoreofgunpowder.Stein,withwhomhehadkeptupintimaterelationsbyletters,hadobtainedfromtheDutchGovernmentaspecialauthorisationtoexportfivehundredkegsofittoPatusan.Thepowder-magazinewasasmallhutofroughlogscoveredentirelywithearth,andinJim’sabsencethegirlhadthekey.Inthecouncil,heldateleveno’clockintheeveninginJim’sdining-room,shebackedupWaris’sadviceforimmediateandvigorousaction.IamtoldthatshestoodupbythesideofJim’semptychairattheheadofthelongtableandmadeawarlikeimpassionedspeech,whichforthemomentextortedmurmursofapprobationfromtheassembledheadmen.OldDoramin,whohadnotshowedhimselfoutsidehisowngateformorethanayear,hadbeenbroughtacrosswithgreatdifficulty.Hewas,ofcourse,thechiefmanthere.Thetemperofthecouncilwasveryunforgiving,andtheoldman’swordwouldhavebeendecisive;butitismyopinionthat,wellawareofhisson’sfierycourage,hedarednotpronouncetheword.Moredilatorycounselsprevailed.AcertainHajiSamanpointedoutatgreatlengththat“thesetyrannicalandferociousmenhaddeliveredthemselvestoacertaindeathinanycase.

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